On 8 Nov 2005 18:24:25 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > link against your new engine. Once you have done this and are no > longer linking against GPL'd code is there anything legally stopping > you from changing the license on your module to be proprietary software > (provided that the entire module is copyrighted to you, with no > contributions from other people)? Obviously, the original code > submitted for your module under the GPL would still be there for anyone > to use on that license, but your code that you have the copyright to > you can change to be under a proprietary license?
You can release your own code under any license you chose whenever you chose. I could come up with some potential arguments suggesting that your module was a derivative work of the original engine, but I personally would not find those arguments persuasive. Isaac _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
