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Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:44:14 -0300
From: Humberto Massa <humberto.massa@almg.gov.br>
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Subject: Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear
 copyright notice.
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Michael Poole wrote:

>Copyright law only _explicitly_ grants a monopoly on preparation of
>derivative works.  However, it is trivial, and overwhelmingly common,
>for a copyright owner to grant a license to create a derivative work
>that is conditional on how the licensee agrees to distribute (or not
>distribute) the derivative work.
>
>Michael Poole
>  
>
Conceded. Altough .br's "computer programs" law explicitly says that you 
can reserve, in a license to create derivative works, all the rights 
over the derivative works.

Massa

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