Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 01:34:29 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPL Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970218013345.1767A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19970217235135.LP40831@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, David O'Brien wrote: > > The major complaint is that it restricts the use of the software > > extensively. You cannot, for instance, distribute binary-only copies of > > GPL'ed software. Nor can you sell derivative works of GPL'ed software. > > Here is a [real life] question for you. > Say someone has written fooquix and from version 0.01 to 0.49 it was > GPL'ed. Then they decided they wanted to make some $$$ from it. So the > next release (say 0.50) was binary only. Now obiviously 0.50 is derived > work based on the GPL'ed code of 0.49. > > Is this allowable, or once software is under GLP it stays there? It's allowable, because you, as the author of the GPL'd code, have the right to release yourself from the GPL, I believe. > -- > -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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