On 4/16/08, Paul Gideon Dann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isaac Dupree wrote: > > advantage of "copyleft" license like GPL is that contributors who > > contribute their changes *must* be releasing them under GPL so we don't > > need to worry/ask about whether they agreed to the license (I think?) > > > > Yes, I think contributing a patch kind of implies that they're releasing > it under GPL if the main work is GPL, or ISC if the main work is ISC. I > don't think copyleft has any bearing on this. However, it seems to me > that the problem being discussed is more to do with *changing* the > licence. Because the author of any original work automatically owns the > copyright (unless he explicitly assigns it to someone else), they need > to give concent if the licence is to be changed. > > > Paul Gideon Dann
in my opinion GPL type licenses are in fact not free, as u are not free to sell software that uses GPL licenced software. LGPL is more free as only the LGPL licensed software needs to be made freely available. _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
