Re: Clear up my License information

That is a very valid point. If you are making patches from the LGPL tree,
legally you cannot relicense them as X11... this doesn't matter if the
code is the SAME in ReWind, as you can say it's simply based off the X11
code.. but if the code has changed in WineHQ, then the patch counts as a
'derivitive work' and would violate the GPL if you duel-licensed it
(without permission from everyone else who had written the areas your diff
applies to)..

 - Ende

On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Steven Edwards wrote:

> Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 17:19:41 -0400
> From: Steven Edwards <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected], 'Eric Pouech' <[email protected]>
> Subject: Clear up my License information
>
> Hola everyone,
>
> Preface : I know my additions to WINE have not been much and I have no
> clue how much code I contribute in the future will be accepted as I
> still am one of the worlds most horrid programmers.
>
> This license stuff is getting to be a pain and I really hope a solution
> can be reached soon. Even though I submit my patches under a X11 License
> I am 100% in support of the relicense to LGPL and I even voted for it.
> It may seem a little odd for me to contribute patches X11 but support
> the LGPL. I did this because I understand the economics of the business
> Jeremy runs and I understand Alexandre's position of doing work that
> others can exploit without contributing back. My goals are a little
> different as I just want what's best for ReactOS and If that means I
> have to go with Winehq or ReWind I will go with where the development is
> at.
>
> My problem is now this:
> How can I license my patches X11 if they are based on LGPL code? A good
> example is build changes Alexandre made to support building dlls for
> Cygwin and Mingw. If I continue to contribute patches that are based on
> this then they will
>
> 1. Wont apply to ReWind
> 2. Violate the LGPL.
>
> I work out of the Winehq tree and as such I don't know if the patch will
> cleanly apply to ReWind. If I am working on code that was contributed
> after the switch then has to be LGPL. If this wont violate the LGPL,
> show me where it allows for X11 code to be based off of it. I don't want
> to piss anyone off but this needs to be clear as I CANNOT just mark my
> patches as X11 and be done with it. The only solution I see is for all
> of my patches to be dual licensed LGPL/X11. If any of the recent patches
> I have submitted LGPL have made it in to the WineHQ tree and they can
> apply cleanly to ReWind then they are now relicensed  LGPL/X11.
>
> Please make sure that the ReWind website listing my me as dual license
> LGPL/X11.
>
> Thanks
> Steven
>
> "Every revolution was once a thought in one man's mind"
> - Ralph Waldo Emerson
>