Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:57:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Why Clang Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206202353080.1403@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20120620224030.1a0dc3b4.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4FCF9333.70201@speakeasy.org> <402199FE-380B-41B6-866B-7D5D66C457D5@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <CAH3a3KWKNF5Bt-8=KgtbMh=rV6GfUO7OaeE6-SutxkcRe8cG3Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206191953280.8234@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20120619205225.21d6709f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20f61898ce668c96f8882981cf8e24f6@remailer.privacy.at> <4FE1AD27.8000704@gmail.com> <CAH3a3KWHYC%2BpbkdQWF4Pfqv=W0Ldzo8q4T8Ta5wgsryocxNFuA@mail.gmail.com> <1340192731894-5720039.post@n5.nabble.com> <4FE1BD0E.5060300@pukruppa.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206201416540.24484@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <CA%2B0MdpOftiWE%2B1Gqn5USxu87RPB_7WAGTXnOGU0dp99CMXMYTw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206201644190.1476@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <CAJ5UdcOwD-gpw548fkHnuzUp3R%2BwTOPvna5Z8J079T4VVKGB=A@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206202204520.3174@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20120620224030.1a0dc3b4.freebsd@edvax.de>
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>> >> isn't it that once you release your own work as GPL you don't really own >> this and even you cannot use it in closed source software? > > Releasing something as GPL does not mean you give up > copyright. If I understood this whole thing correctly, I'm not a lawyer but i repeat what i've read time ago, and .. that is a logical result. > The act of releasing is, as far as I know, tied to a > specific version of the "source tree" - the point from > which others can see, download, use and modify the > source counts. If I understand the GPL correctly, from > that point (i. e. when contributions have taken place) > you cannot turn the "result" into closed source. > > However, with your own work, you can. thanks for explanation. from what i know (still, possibly incorrent) if i am hired as a programmer and write a program, this program belong to the company and i couldn't use it everywhere at least officially. I wasn't ever hired as a programmer (or fortunately, as anyone else) so it wasn't ever a problem for me. but that was my reasoning. So - if authors of any project, no matter how numerous, will all without exception agree that they want to get rid of GPL, then - they always can turn it to BSD licenced ? am i right?
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