Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: Possible problem with closed bug 123

[Markus Laire]

Martin List-Petersen wrote:
> Markus Laire wrote:
>
>     > The problematic text "Users may copy or modify Sun RPC without
>    charge, but are not authorized to license or distribute it to anyone
>    else
>     > except as part of a product or program developed by the user"
>    only gives right to distribute as part of a product *developed by
>    the user*.
>
>  > btw, does anyone know what the "to license" part of this text 
> actually means?
>
>
> Maybe you should consult the nearest lexicon or wikipedia, if you are so 
> concerned. However, if you want to know, what Sun means with "to 
> license", then ask them.
>
> Anybody else here knows exactly what it means.

I just wonder whether "to license" really means exactly same as "to 
sublicense"[1] (which is used e.g. by MIT License[2]) in this context or 
not.

In legal texts even small differences can be significant.

[1] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sublicense
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

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Markus Laire