On 13 Jun 2002, at 23:20, Richard Zidlicky wrote:
> > This is incorrect. The current license states that once contributed, > > code cannot be withdrawn, and that the contributor has surrendered > > their copyright claim to TT. Therefore, only TT needs to consent to > > a license change. > > Wrong. You do not withdraw the code, you simply do not give > permission to use or distribute under a different license. > > If Wolfgang thinks that the submitter should in advance give > permission to every thinkable change of the licence than he > must definitely write it explicitly into the licence or > require special formalities when accepting code. > > The license as is clearly does not say this.. maybe simply > a problem with formulation but I would consider this a *very* > *big* problem. > OK, so to make this point moot also, I could include a passage to that effect in the licence. This will, however probably lead to more outcries since I would be forcing the authors, if any, to agree in advance on a licence that they know nothing about. Not a good idea. Wolfgang