-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 12 July 2007 23:28, Linux Lingam wrote: > [snip] > can we expect several more of such similar 'hostile' take-overs of > GPL-ed software where a lead-programmer essentially has the right to > revoke the GPL license for whatever motivations?
Note that there's a difference between ``lead programmer'' and ``only programmer''. If Foo is the only programmer of a project, she can choose to change to whatever license she wants at any time. If she's the lead programmer, however, she has to get permission from ALL programmers who've contributed even one byte to the code before she can change the license. Alternatively, she can go back to the pristine source which she originally single-handedly created and re-license that, but she loses all the innovation that the community made, and the community product remains under GPL anyway. Regards, - -- Raju - -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGlvtdyWjQ78xo0X8RArO3AJwJVufW8LyPEf+VudVZ6rLcTTQZfgCbB0mC Gs6yLeLlGQobRA9EbiBXOFo= =H3e4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
