"zapro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, the main concern behind my doubts is (or was) the following: > > If I had distributed v1.0 of my code under GPL, that grants other users > the rights to modify, redistribute it and republish it under the same > terms. If I understand well, it's like I am not the owner of the code: > I just wrote it.
Yes and no: only you yourself can sue for breaches of copyright: redistributors can only claim copyright on their changes (which may be insignificant). > So these rights can't just be taken back for v1.0: other people > could have made useful programs with it, and republished > it. However, as you said, if I make v1.01, then I can change the > license, even making it proprietary. Is this correct? No need to make changes: the license is what accompanies the individual copies. You can hand out the same code under different licenses. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
