Please read the GPL-Faq at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html.
Oktay On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Thomas Nichols wrote: > At 23:53 27/09/2001 -0700, Avi Cherry wrote: > >>Yes, the site says so. But this is interesting! Once GPLed code cannot be > >>made non-GPL later on even by the original author. > > > >Depends how you look at it. They can't prevent earlier versions from > >being re-distributed according to the GPL, but they can re-licence the > >code any way they want for newer versions, preventing IT from being > >redistributed. The original author still owns the code, and can licence > >it any way they want, as many different ways as they want. > > Hmmm, I'm not sure it _does_ depend how you look at it. From the GPL > included (file "COPYING") with the MindTerm v1.0 code, section 2: > > b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in > whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any > part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third > parties under the terms of this License. > > So unless MindTerm v2 is a complete rewrite (which it may be), they'll be > in breach of the GPL. Which is probably not a good idea. > > - Thomas. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
