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Date:      Tue, 3 Jul 2001 19:57:32 +0100
From:      j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@dobox.com>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Dirk Myers <dirkm@teleport.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSD, .Net comments - any reponse to this reasoning?
Message-ID:  <20010703195732.A42423@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010703.12235600@star.dobox.com>; from wes@dobox.com on Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:23:56PM %2B0000
References:  <20010630173455.T344@teleport.com> <20010701032900.A93049@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010701132353.W344@teleport.com> <20010702152649.A18127@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010702180222.A2667@hades.hell.gr> <20010702161055.A18543@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010702172448.I4896@lpt.ens.fr> <3B41F0E4.B55E6937@softweyr.com> <20010703172216.F39318@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20010703.12235600@star.dobox.com>

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| > Does this mean the existing code does or does NOT continue to be under 
| the
| > terms of the original license before it was changed?
| 
| You can only change the license terms if all parties agree.  You seem to
| be completely and utterly misunderstanding the entire conversation here.

I think I know what threw me off.  It was the whole concept of why the FSF
wants to be copyright holder.  IIUC *now*, this is to make sure no one
changes the license from the GPL, correct?  Since there are no other
copyright owners in this case, this is a given.  FSF code will always
remain under the GPL license, then.

Isn't one of the arguments of the GPL that the author *could* make their GPL
code available under separate license for proprietary use?

| (please forgive any formatting bogons, I'm trying out a new mailer.)

Which one?


Jonathon
--
Microsoft complaining about the source license used by 
Linux is like the event horizon calling the kettle black.

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