On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:51:18 -0500, Ampere wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> This question has been rolling in my mind for a while: how can a > person uncontribute something from an opensource project? > > If I understand this correctly, anyone is free to do anything with > works that are GPL'ed, as long as the said person doesn't violate the > GPL. Doesn't this imply that you are free to ignore his request to > have his works removed from the CVS? ..in a word, yes, we are free to ignore such requests, and to fork his work. Happens all the time, the ipcop.org firewall distro for example, was forked off smoothwall.com because one individual with a very good idea didn't have a personality that could match his own idea. > If his works aren't GPL'ed to begin with, I don't think we would want > to see them in the CVS at all. ..any author is free to use whichever licensing he/she sees fit, this includes combining licenses to any taste. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
