On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 16:42, Richard Fontana <rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 28 May 2009 15:31:13 -0400 > Eric Christensen <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi Richard, >> Thanks for the information. What does this mean for current works >> that are now downstream if we change the license? Would we have to >> give general permission to those works or are they still covered >> because they met the requirements of the original license? > > Hi Eric, > > Not sure if this is what you are asking, but: We can (and probably > would want to) extend permission to cover all past works that have been > released. This would not revoke the original permissions given under > the OPL, as those permissions are permanent, but it would supplement > them (i.e., past works would thereafter become dual-licensed under OPL > and CC-BY-SA). > > If some Fedora work W licensed under OPL is modified downstream by A > (W'), and assume that the OPL requires A to license W' including its > changes under OPL: A can relicense W' under CC-BY-SA by agreeing to > relicense its changes under CC-BY-SA, but otherwise a downstream > recipient of W' receives it under OPL only. > > - RF Richard, That's exactly what I was asking about. Thanks! Eric -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
