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 code cannot be withdrawn, and that the contributor has surrendered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

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