Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclearcopyright notice.

[Humberto Massa]

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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