Hi Erik, On 4/5/07, Erik Mouw <mouw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 01:21:37PM +0300, Ramagudi Naziir wrote: > If i have the copyright - it means I can release > it under how many licenses I want ? without > any time limit ? (I can always change my mind > and re-release it under a different license ?) No. If you have first licensed it under the GPL and took contributions from other people, you will have to ask those contributors to agree with your relicensing. Only if all contributors agree, you can relicense.
Let's take the Linux case for example. Let's assume I write a kernel module, license it under the GPL and it is accepted to mainline kernel. How can I know who contributed to it after some time ? Every person that adds a line to a kernel file, adds his name to the header of the file as a contributer ? Thank You very much for this and many other answers you keep posting. You are very helpful (and knowledgeable) ! :) naziir.
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