[Fsf-friends] Re: Fwd: Re: [gscp] Goa Syllabus for Linux

[Gopal V]

If memory serves me right, Mahesh T Pai wrote:
>  > I mean, what if the
>  > company decides to discontinue the GPL for the particular package?
>  > Obviously, it would be illegal to still distribute the software
> 
> Not quite.  Once GPL, always GPL.

Not always ... For example Ximian , the Gnome people including people 
from the Gnome Foundation recently changed the license of their entire 
class libraries from LGPL to X11 ... Of course it goes without saying 
that the Authors who assigned copyright to Ximian, Inc became unwilling 
partners in this switch ... (of course forking is possible, but who cares
....)..

Hmm... maybe I am BIASED about that .... ;-)

> So, the fears are unwarranted.

Fears of loosing what we have is unwarranted ... btu future editions may
face any consequences ... (Sourceforge Enterprise Edition anyone ? ...)

Gopal
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