>>>>> On Tue, 8 Sep 1998 20:29:08 -0700 (PDT), George Bonser <[EMAIL >>>>> PROTECTED]> said:
George> The problem is GPL is "sticky". ONLY the original author may George> change the license ... I agree (but RMS does not, he says George> once GPL, always GPL but he is not going to enforce it. The George> author only has control by default since RMS is leaving it up George> to the author to press copyright violation charges). Now George> let's say the author dies. If I use a single line of that George> code, I must release my code GPL. RMS has no control over another person's program where that person distributes it as GPL. RMS wrote the GPL, but that doesn't give him any special rights over any GPLed program by anyone else. I can release a piece of software under the GPL and a commercial license and RMS wouldn't have any legal right to say or do anything. And in fact if I died RMS wouldn't have any legal right to sue someone over the violation of my copyright. Only the recipients of my estate would. Ah, but you are right. You'd have to provide a special exclusion to the GPL on your changes saying they can be incorporated into the other program. That should satisfy the problem. Dres -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @ http://www.ioa.com/~dres | Linux is kewl! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach
