> > but i think if you change the license, this is derivate work, and > > afaik it is allowed to have this under the GPL - but i am NOT a lawer > > By distributing your contributions under the LGPL, you have given the > people that received it (Jimmy for instance) several rights, namely the > ones described in the LGPL. > > What you did not give them (or him) is the right to redistribute your > contributions under a different license. Without your permission, Jimmy > would not be allowed to include them when distributing the GPL licensed > version.
LGPL and GPL are compatible, so Jimmy can distribute GPL and LGPL files together even in a single binary. The LGPL files, would ofcourse, stay LGPL.. but for all practical reasons the new whole packages can be considered GPL (since it's more strict). -- damjan | дамјан This is my jabber ID --> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- not my mail address, it's a Jabber ID --^ :) -- _______________________________________________ Initng mailing list [email protected] http://jw.dyndns.org/mailman/listinfo/initng
