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From: Travis Casey <efindel@io.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:10:53 -0500
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Wednesday, November 17, 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 06:01:30PM -0500, a little birdie told me
> that Travis Casey remarked
>> Now, let's say that I write a codebase and distribute it under the
>> GPL. You then modify my codebase and start distributing your modified
>> version. I then decide to stop using the GPL and make my codebase
>> commercial. I still own copyright on the code you're using -- and
>> hence, can legally revoke your right to distribute it. Now, you
>> *might* be able to still distribute the code you wrote, but you
>> can't distribute any part of the codebase that you didn't modify. And
>> even if you modified all of it, it might still count as a derivative
>> work, in which case you wouldn't be able to distribute it without my
>> permission.
> Well, from a glance at a copy of COPYING in my system...
> 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
> Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
> original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
> these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further
> restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
> You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
> this License.
> I think it *DOES*.
Note the word "redistribute." The original creator is *distributing*
the program, not *redistributing* it, so this does not apply to him or
her. As far as I can see, all this does is prevent anyone *except* the
originator from changing the terms of the license.
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