Re: License issue?

Greg Wooledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:43:59PM +0100, Alvaro Lopez Ortega wrote: > > === > > Version 5.6 adds support for Solaris 2.x [commercial licensing terms > > for distribution on Solaris are to be settled with Inserve > > Technology]. > > === > > > > I am w

Re: License issue?

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:41:20PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Once you put some code under a OSI compliant license, you cannot > give someone else exclusive rights anymore. That is not correct. The copyright holder can give the code to Microsoft and say, "Here, use this in the next version o

Re: License issue?

On Fri 19 Aug 2005 00:32:53 NZST +1200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > As the program claims to use the GPL, such note would not be legal > and commercial use cannot be limited to a single company. > Once you put some code under a OSI compliant license, you cannot > give someone else exclusive rights a

Re: License issue?

Greg Wooledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:41:20PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Once you put some code under a OSI compliant license, you cannot > > give someone else exclusive rights anymore. > > That is not correct. > > The copyright holder can give the code to Mi

Re: License issue?

Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri 19 Aug 2005 00:32:53 NZST +1200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > As the program claims to use the GPL, such note would not be legal > > and commercial use cannot be limited to a single company. > > > Once you put some code under a OSI compliant lice

Re: License issue?

Joerg Schilling wrote: Alvaro Lopez Ortega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I have been reading the dvd+rw-tools FAQ and I have found this in there: === Version 5.6 adds support for Solaris 2.x [commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris are to be settled wit