On 3 June 2011 17:16, Noel J. Bergman <n...@devtech.com> wrote: > Sam Ruby wrote: > > From my perspective, I think the license discussion is the essential > > one. TDF is now in the position where it has a historic opportunity > > to change their license to the Apache License. > > As I understand it, TDF should certainly be able to "replace" their > original LGPL license from Oracle with the Apache License. > > But I have questions about their ability to relicense new contributions, > based on what I read at > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/developers/ and the licensing > policy linked from there. It does not seem clear to me that TDF can > unilaterally relicense all contributions. > > --- Noel > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
At least to start with they don't need to change anything. They can carry on producing a copyleft product and cooperate with ASF to make the two projects work as harmoniously as possible. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQ www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
