Re: [OS:N:] GPL Question
"M. Fioretti" <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 12:31:06 at 12:31:06PM -0800, Anthony Saffer ([email protected]) wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I have a question about the GPL that I am hoping that someone can give me a > clear answer on. 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? > I am not a lawyer. Said this, *my* understanding is that: you cannot take the GPL back. Once you release something under GPL it stays that way. However: you can stop development to version X GPL, and release new version under different license: version X will remain GPL, your new code will be licensed as you like you can also release the same version with different licenses. This is what MySql and Qt do, but here we really need some more confirmation. Again, all I wrote here is *my* understanding, which may be 100% wrong. Ciao, Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. -- Gandhi _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>