Daniel Veditz wrote:
>
> JTK wrote:
>
> >
> > Notes:
> > - Whoah: is the squeaky wheel finally getting a little grease?!?
> > Fifty-one FEWER NPLed files this time, 14 MORE MPLed, and 3 more
> > GPLed. Perhaps the proverbial single step on that journey of 9,640
> > miles?
>
> I doubt Netscape has any intention of changing NPL files until the dual
> licensing plans are finalized, with or without your squeeks.
>
Well something's happened to those 51 files.
> One of the rights in the NPL gives us permission to relicense the file,
> which we can use to dual license MPL/GPL without seeking permission from
> contributors.
Ah, ok, that clarifies a lot here, thanks.
> If we use that permission to change it to plain MPL now we
> have given away that right, and then will have to seek permission from
> contributors later to change from MPL to MPL/GPL.
>
However, if you use that right to change them to plain GPL, or even
LGPL, you'll have no need to seek any permission for anything. Isn't
true Freedom... liberating?
> -Dan Veditz
