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Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:01:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To: Jonathan Fosburgh <syjef@hal-pc.org>
Cc: Brad Morgan <B-Morgan@concentric.net>,
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Subject: Re: OT License Question WAS: RE: BSD license question
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Right, this I understand.  The issue in question is that someone who is
not the owner wants to relicense the software.

Joe Clarke

On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Jonathan Fosburgh wrote:

> At 01:16 PM 8/9/01 -0600, Brad Morgan wrote:
> >It depends on how the license is written.  The BSD license is less
> >restrictive than the GPL license so you may be able to go BSD to GPL, but
> >not GPL to BSD.
> >
> >I'm not a lawyer so don't take my word for it.  Carefully examine the text
> >of the licenses.
> >
> >Brad
> >
>
> I am not a lawyer etc etc etc.  But it is my understanding that the owner
> of the copyright can, at any time change the license. Licenses restrict
> users, not owners.  I don't know who owns the product in question, but
> whoever does could relicense it as GPL if they wish. xfmail used to be BSD
> licensed, but the owner essentially gave it up and it is now GPL'd.
>
>
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