On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 11:36:59AM -0700, Jim Busser wrote: > software that is then re-sold to the public. But a legitimate point, > made in response by someone elsewhere, is the importance of a private > company not holding the license to open source software that is being > developed. They made the point that even a University if it holds the > license to an Open Source software, it can change the license at a > future release. Hence, if we wish to be strong in defense of the > point, we should create a Foundation modelled after an appropriate > example, yes? That way people volunteering (or agencies contributing > funds) might have fewer worries about their contributions being > "taken" into what later becomes a for-profit enterprise.
Actually, as I understand it, we are currently quite safe regarding licensing: All the developers would have to agree to a license change. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 _______________________________________________ Gnumed-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel
