On 9/1/07, Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If code is released under copyright. be it BSD, or GPL, and someone > other than the author(s) changes the license, can the person(s) > who(m) made the changes seriously expect that somebody else cannot > take that code under the terms of the original license, or some > other license _they_ prefer and do the same?
Someone other than the authors _cannot_ change the license. Neither of these licenses grants anyone rights to change or remove licenses of the distributed code. In fact, they explicitly state that the license (and copyright) must stay intact. (New material can have a new license clause appended to it, but that is completely different than what you're talking about.) This whole escapade would be a lot simpler if people would stop relying on guesswork and assumptions for matters they do not understand. For most matters like these in the real world, the preferred behavior is to clam up until you study and understand it, and then engage in commentary. Read Theo's earlier email on the matter. He explains it quite well. http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=118861134304239&w=2 DS
