Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 14:58:44 -0500 From: Jonathan Fosburgh <syjef@hal-pc.org> To: "Brad Morgan" <B-Morgan@concentric.net>, "Joe Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com>, "FreeBSD User Questions List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: OT License Question WAS: RE: BSD license question Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20010809145415.00a66aa0@mail.hal-pc.org> In-Reply-To: <NABBJOOEOFODEALNMJAJOENAEDAA.B-Morgan@concentric.net> References: <20010809144451.R31560-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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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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