Re: [OS:N:] GPL Question

Alexandre Oliva <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.open-source-now
Organization GCC Team, Red Hat
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Nov  7, 2003, "Anthony Saffer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Let's say that I create a piece of software and release it under the
> GPL. Does this automatically bound me from releasing ALL future
> versions under it or can I change to a different license should the
> GPL not work out for me?

IANAL, so don't take this as legal advice.

My understanding is that the author is entitled to license his work
using whatever licenses he sees fit.  So, you can choose to re-release
a package under a different license.  However, this won't affect the
copies you've already licensed before.  If you released them under the
GNU GPL, they are GNU GPL forever.

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