On 02/01/2011 02:22 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 02/01/2011 02:15 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > >> <snip>
>> Although some do seem to use it responsibly just in >> order to avoid the impossibility of tracking down all contributors for a >> large code base. If I recall correctly, both Apache and Samba take this >> approach. >> <snip> And this is exactly the problem that using copyleft license, such as the GPL, as the *only* license helps to avoid. Even if you can no longer reach contributors from long ago, the mere fact that it was the only license means that the lineage of the codebase remains legally defensible. Regards, Gerry _______________________________________________ X2go-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/x2go-dev
