At 5:49 PM +0100 on 2/25/00, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:
>Also, if we write code and
>put it under this licence now and in three months decide to use a different
>one, we would have to write all code anew if the licenses are not
>compatible. Once code is under a licence we cannot revoke it if we are
>using a safe free software licence.
Uli, this is a classic misconception. The author can do with his work
as he pleases. Even if you put XBF under the GPL w/ that exception, you
can also license it under the standard-issue proprietary licences, too.
You probably lose this right once you accept a significant patch from
someone, unless they sign over all rights to you. We may want to do
this, though in the entire Free Software community, I think only the
FSF does.
