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>, FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: OT License Question WAS: RE: BSD license question Message-ID: <20010809160056.N31629-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010809145415.00a66aa0@mail.hal-pc.org>
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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. > > > ****************************************************************************** > Jonathan Fosburgh | Certified AIX Administrator > Software Systems Spec. III | ICQ: 32742908 > Communications and Computer Services | MSN: syjef@hotmail.com > UT MD Anderson Cancer Center | Jabber: syjef@jabber.org > Houston, TX | Yahoo: jefosburgh > ****************************************************************************** > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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