On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, George Bonser wrote: > > GPL conflicts with everything ... by design. No, you can not have both. > The GPL specificly states that. >
Not true. The original author can release the code under two licenses. Perl for example. > Also, once it is GPL you can never un-GPL it unless you completely > rewrite the code. You can not GPL something and then release an new > version under a different license if it contains code from the GPL > version. > No. The original author can release the new version under any license they want. Or even the same version under two licenses. Licenses are not binding on the copyright holder. Examples: Perl, Alladin GhostScript, anything LGPL'd. Even without involving the original author, if the second license permits the GPL to be applied - e.g. an X-style license allows this - you can add the GPL as an alternative license and continue to provide the code under both. Havoc
