Re: [Fsfe-uk] Re: Freedom to take freedom

[Alex Hudson]

On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 19:37 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote:
> On 22/01/2008, Alex Hudson <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I did already explain that "You" refers to the licensee (last sentence,
> > sec. 0), not licensor. The licensee isn't adding the further
> > restrictions.
> 
> So if you download the fonts from rh.com and distribute them to me,
> can you do so only under the "pure" GPL?

No, the same terms as I received them under: this is how the copyleft
works.

The license in this case is GPL + extra bits. The text of the license
says licensees may not add extra restrictions. But I still have to pass
it on under the license I received it - GPL + bits - because without
standing in copyright, or the right to sub-license, I can't change the
license on the work.

Cheers,

Alex.