It looks to me like the entire slimserver package has been released
under the GPL.  IANAL nor am I a GPL expert, but  if a future version
of the slimserver contained code based on previous versions of the
slimserver (even if totally copyrighted by slimdevices), I don't think
it could not be forked under a non-free license.  This is part 6 of
the GPL:

"Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
these terms and conditions.  "

I think this also applies to when the original licensor (in this case
slimdevices) wants to release new versions of a program.

Yan

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:55:58 -0500, Marc Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yan Tran wrote:
> > slimserver can't be made "proprietary to squeezebox" because it
> > already has been released under the GPL.  Any update to the slimserver
> > must fall under the GPL.  Thus, even if slimdevices decided to pull
> > something along the lines of what MS did against DR DOS, Roku
> > developers can circumvent that by releasing a firmware patch (although
> > there's no guarantee that they would which is why I haven't bought a
> > Roku).  Besides, the fact that the slimserver isn't proprietary to any
> > particular hardware is one of the things I found the squeezebox
> > appealing.
> 
> Just to clarify this, Slim Devices owns the copyright on a large
> percentage of the slimserver code.  Assuming that they've kept track of
> 3rd party contributions (easy to do with CVS logs), they could easily
> relicense a future release that only contained their own code.
> 
> Of course, they cannot retroactively revoke the GPL license of
> previously released versions, so the world is free to fork and continue
> under the GPL if necessary.
> 
> Needless to say, I highly doubt this would ever happen.
> 
> - Marc
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