Re: [Nhibernate-commit] Copyright vs LGPL

[Sergey K. <ser...@gm...>]

Mike Doerfler wrote:

>I believe (not for sure) that it is fine with the LGPL from a legal
>standpoint - IANAL.  The LGPL that the product is distributed under is
>more significant than a copyright.  What the copyright does provide is
>that I could not go change NHibernateContrib to the Apache License or
>GPL without the copyright holders permission (Not that I would ever do
>that).  The Mozilla website has some FAQs about the process they went
>through when the had to relicense it and getting permissions from
>copyright holders.
>
>In NHibernate core the Iesi.Collections and IdentityHashCodeProvider
>has copyrights associated with them.  The only requirement is to list
>that copyright wherever other copyrights are listed.
>
>If anyone else has more experience or knowledge of Open Source
>licenses please speak up.
>
>Mike
>  
>
Well, I'm not a lawyer, of course, and I tend to agree with Mike's point 
of view. I just wonder exactly which rights "All rights reserved" refers to.

Sergey.