I don't think relicense means what you think it does. If I were to relicense emacs under a Microsoft license that would mean ...
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Richard Stallman > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:50 PM > To: Daniel Ouellet > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Real men don't attack straw men > > You *can't relicense* code under your choice without the > author consent > period! > > That BSD license gives permission for almost any kind of use, > including distributing the code under other licenses. The only > requirement is not to remove the BSD license statement itself. > > Another message raised the question of what relicensing means and > whether that involves changes to the code. When I say "relicensing" I > mean distributing the code with another license applied. That doesn't > mean deleting the old license. > > The concept of relicensing does not imply changing or adding code, and > the legality of relicensing doesn't depend on changing or adding code. > However, I would urge people to relicense only if they make very big > changes. If they make lesser changes, it is better to contribute them > to the original project, and if they make no changes, relicensing is > just silly (in most cases).
