[olug] I'm one of the nails in SCO coffin...

[Luke -Jr]

On Thursday 23 August 2007, Bill Brush wrote:
> They're very similar, but if it was just trademarks Disney wouldn't be
> spending millions lobbying to extend copyrights.   Trademarks don't
> expire (or at least they can be renewed), copyrights do (and can't be
> renewed).

This is a totally different matter from whether enforcement is required.

> Don't confuse copyright and licensing.  GPL is licensing, not copyrights.

Licensing are exceptions to copyright. If copyright ceases to be relevant, so 
does licensing.

> The way a it was explained to me, is that a copyright is for a given
> work, and derivative works.  If someone takes your work and makes
> derivative of it without your permission you can sue them to cease and
> desist.  Under GPL works that are copyrighted to the originator are
> licensed to anyone who wants to use or modify them provided they
> include the source code.

Copyright deals with who can *copy* it.