12:19 p.m.
Can't the current copyleft sunset clause be read such that all versions,
even those not yet 15 years old, become noncopyleft 15 years after I start
distribution of the first version?
10:48 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 10:19:14AM -0800, Jason Self wrote:
Can't the current copyleft sunset clause be read such that all
versions,
even those not yet 15 years old, become noncopyleft 15 years after I start
distribution of the first version?
Are you reading
The conditions in sections 3 through 5 no longer apply once fifteen
years have elapsed from the date of My first Distribution of My Work
under this License.
as
The conditions in sections 3 through 5 no longer apply *to Covered
Works* once fifteen years have elapsed from the date of My first
Distribution of My Work under this License.
instead of
The conditions in sections 3 through 5 no longer apply *to My Work*
once fifteen years have elapsed from the date of My first
Distribution of My Work under this License.
?
Or do you think even the second reading supports that interpretation?
Richard
11:54 p.m.
Richard Fontana <fontana(a)sharpeleven.org> wrote ..
Or do you think even the second reading supports that
interpretation?
That's my concern to my (non-lawyer) eyes, yes.
Perhaps it would be clearer with either one of these two changes?
"My Work" means the particular version of the work of authorship
I license to You under this License.
or, leave the original definition of My Work in place and instead:
The conditions in sections 3 through 5 no longer apply to a
particular version of My Work once fifteen years have elapsed
from the date of My first Distribution of that version of My
Work under this License.
Although this wording seems somewhat clunky.
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