On May 14, 4:18 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Hi, > > > Suppose I used some GPL code (e.g. linux kernel linked lists) in my > > own project, which is also under GPL. However I have the copyright for > > the bits that I wrote, possibly more than a non-trivial %90 of it. Can > > I still dual license the project? > > You can't relicense the work of others under any license you like, > period. Regardless how much or little you add to it. > > If you want to have the definite say about how to license some work, > make sure that you have the copyright to 100% of it. If the 10% are > so trivial and your licensing options are so important to you, that > should be a small price to pay. >
Although I'm not the asker of the question, this still brings to mind the dillemma I haven't quite settled for myself yet. What if, say, instead of dual-licensing the _entire work_, he (the asker of the original question) tweaked it so the _GPL parts_ could be distributed in the package *and also over a website or other free-availability source* _UNDER GPL_, while the 90% that is _ORIGINAL_ is licensed under proprietary or other non-GPL terms? Like this: --- Complete Program: Original program GPL part --- --- What is distributed in the retail package: Original program -- under proprietary, non-free license or non-GPL license GPL part -- bundled in under GPL *and* also available on website or other freely available source so it remains "free" --- Would that be acceptable? > -- > David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
