On 2026-03-01 12:38:30 +0000, Gimmi wrote: > If I were to publish a patch to a software, I can put the patch under the > license I want and I can choose the GPL: the problem of complying with the > requirements of both licenses is, legally speaking, on the person that > applies the patch. > Worse, if a patch does not specify a license, according to current copyright > law, you cannot redistribute it (I don't even know if you can actually _use_ > it).
A patch yields a modified version of the original work, whose license may imply obligations on the license of such modified versions. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
