No one said they would, all i said was that they can take back the code that was ~"initially CR'ed and then GPL'ed"~. Obviously they can't take back what the community had provided after the GPL date.
__________________________________________________ Be one who knows what they don't know, Instead of being one who knows not what they don't know, Thinking they know everything about all things. http://www.partow.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hooman Baradaran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "GNU/Linux in Iran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:43 AM Subject: Re: [linuxiran] Crossover Office Wanted! I'm pretty sure they can't get the GPL code back. "Once GPL always GPL." That's what Sun says on their web site. On November 19, 2003 09:24 am, Faridb wrote: > Isn't that a little bit terrifying that they can get > back their gpled software( imagine a day that > openoffice defeats staroffice! ) > > By the way ur answer didn't solve my purchase > problem;) > > --- Arash Partow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > because the company codeweaver made the initial > > version of wine and then branched it and gpl'ed that > > branch, they have copyright over the original work > > and derivative works excluding wine and any other > > s/w they have gpl'ed which has been worked on after > > they gpl'ed. > > > > However they have to right to withdraw their "own" > > gpl'ed at anytime. > > > > its the same issue with staroffice and openoffice. > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Be one who knows what they don't know, > > Instead of being one who knows not what they don't > > know, > > Thinking they know everything about all things. > > http://www.partow.net > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Faridb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "GNU/Linux in Iran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 1:02 AM > > Subject: Re: [linuxiran] Crossover Office Wanted! > > > > > --- Zoup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > crossover is not free ;) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > It's a poor workman who blames his tools. > > > > > > I know itï> not free dude! > > > But I need it so badly to convince some of my > > > windoze-lover friends to migrate to this little > > > > cool > > > > > ... > > > I couldnÂt find it neither in p2p nor any other > > > place!( maybe I didnÂt search enough though!) > > > But there must a linux software center in Tehran( > > > > at > > > > > least I hope so) > > > > > > By the way if itÂs been derived from Wine , how > > > > come > > > > > itÂs not open source?(correct me if IÂm wrong) > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail > > > > AddressGuard > > > > > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > bna-linuxiran mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran > > > _______________________________________________ > > bna-linuxiran mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > > _______________________________________________ > bna-linuxiran mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran -- Hooman Baradaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hoomanb.com _______________________________________________ bna-linuxiran mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran _______________________________________________ bna-linuxiran mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran
