I'm not a lawyer either, but consider the license granted by Zend to the public:
http://framework.zend.com/license
Then consider the license granted to Zend by contributors:
http://framework.zend.com/framework_cla_1.0.pdf
It quickly becomes apparent that both licenses are in Zend's favor.
Nathan.
----- Original Message ----
From: Kevin Schroeder <kevin@xxxxxxxx>
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, January 20, 2010 8:37:13 AM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] powerEXT - Clarifications from the author
Would not the same copyright law apply to GPL and other licenses? Also,
I'm not a copyright lawyer by any stretch of the imagination, but this
seems to imply that the grant of the license may only be revoked during
a 5 year period following the conclusion of a 35 year period where it
cannot be arbitrarily revoked. It also requires that advance notice be
given in writing which is signed by the copyright owner(s). Again, not
a copyright lawyer, but this subsection doesn't have me overly
concerned. I'll have to check my book on copyright at home to see what
it says about implied copyright and terms of licenses.
Kevin
midrange.com
