On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 11:44:13AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > Bob creates Emacs, under a "claim patent infringement in this work > > and lose your license to it" license, which includes GIF decoding. > > > > Joe derives XEmacs from that work. This inherits, among many other > > things, GIF decoding. > > > > Bill sues Joe, claiming that XEmacs infringes his GIF patent. > > > > Does and should Bill lose his license to Emacs, in addition to XEmacs? > > I think the answer to both is yes. > > The copyright and patent holder has no need for a license.
Bill is not a copyright holder at all in this scenario. -- Glenn Maynard
