Re: MPL License Questions

Michael Stum wrote:
> However, what i do not understand: Can I take my Code that has been 
> released under MPL 1.1 before and release it under another license that 
> is not MPL or even Open Source compatible? (Read: Can I take my Code and 
>  sell it in a commercial/properitary closed source application)

If you are the copyright holder of the entire thing (i.e. you have not 
incorporated any contributions by other people), then yes, certainly.

>  From what I understand:
> If you release Code unter GPL, you can later on revoke this license and 
> say: No, this code is not GPL anymore. Do not distribute it.

No, this is not true. Once you've released code to a particular person 
under the GPL, those rights are irrevocable. You can stop distributing 
the code yourself, but you can't prevent anyone who already has a copy 
doing so. All Free software licenses work this way - if they did not, 
the code would not be Free.

> The MPL does not allow this "revokation" - Code that has been released 
> under MPL is available under MPL forever.

This is the case for both MPL and GPL.

> That means to me: I can take this Code and use it in properitary 
> Products without obeying the MPL, but I cannot forbid people who got the 
> Code already to use it under the Terms of MPL.

That is correct - again, as long as you are the copyright holder of all 
of it.

Gerv