I have a question about the gpl license. If i have an open source product that is in-compatible with the gpl license, and if the license it allready has dosn't strictly forbid it, could i release the new project under the gpl license? Like one currently under a microsoft open source license.
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04-26-2008, 08:11 PM
Mario Vukelic
Question about gpl
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 14:47 -0500, Anna EdwARds wrote:
> I have a question about the gpl license.
Such questions are best not addressed to this list. First read the GPL
itself, its FAQ [1] and the Howto [2].
> If i have an open source product that is in-compatible with the gpl
> license, and if the license it allready has dosn't strictly forbid it,
> could i release the new project under the gpl license? Like one
> currently under a microsoft open source license.
NOTE: you can only relicense software when you are the sole copyright
holder or when you have the written consent of all copyright holders.
You can DEFINITELY NOT redistribute some software that is under a
Microsoft license under any other license (unless you are Microsoft).
Read the license terms of the Microsoft license, you will find that they
allow very little, and certainly not relicensing.
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04-26-2008, 08:11 PM
Nils Kassube
Question about gpl
Anna EdwARds wrote:
> I have a question about the gpl license. If i have an open source
> product that is in-compatible with the gpl license, and if the license
> it allready has dosn't strictly forbid it, could i release the new
> project under the gpl license? Like one currently under a microsoft
> open source license.
You may get some answers to your question, but you can't be sure if they
are relevant. Only a lawyer can give you reliable answers to legal
questions.
Nils
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04-26-2008, 08:14 PM
"Phil Bieber"
Question about gpl
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On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:47 PM, Anna EdwARds wrote:
>
> I have a question about the gpl license. If i have an open source product
> that is in-compatible with the gpl license, and if the license it allready
> has dosn't strictly forbid it, could i release the new project under the gpl
> license? Like one currently under a microsoft open source license.
Hi!
I don't know the contence of the MS OS license, but I would expect,
that you are not allowed to rerelease the software under another
license. In fact, the GPL is the same. When you alter an existing OSS
programm that uses the GPL, you *have to* release your project under
the terms of the GPL.
That's the way I see it, but I'm not quite sure.
Cheers
Phil Bieber
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04-26-2008, 08:54 PM
Mario Vukelic
Question about gpl
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 15:44 -0500, Anna EdwARds wrote:
> Well i know for a fact that you can release gpl programs under gpl
> compatible licenses.
PLEASE read the links I provided and get legal counseling before
"releasing" ANYTHING.
You can "release" (read: relicense) ONLY if you have the copyright.
What you can do with programs under some licenses (like the GPL) is
to /redistribute/ them, but then you need to leave the license intact,
as the GPL, for example, specifically states.
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04-26-2008, 08:56 PM
Mario Vukelic
Question about gpl
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 15:41 -0500, Anna EdwARds wrote:
> Yeah but i have access to neither a lawyer ('constitutional rights
> only belong to adults' and i am 13) nor the greater part of the
> internet
I am not a lawyer, but in this case I would suggest that you probably
cannot perform any legal acts at all without the consent of your legal
guardian (most likely parent).
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04-26-2008, 09:07 PM
Anna EdwARds
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Well i know that much. They have given me permission to do anything (including take over the internet dont plan to though)
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On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 15:41 -0500, Anna EdwARds wrote:
> Yeah but i have access to neither a lawyer ('constitutional rights
> only belong to adults' and i am 13) nor the greater part of the
> internet
I am not a lawyer, but in this case I would suggest that you probably
cannot perform any legal acts at all without the consent of your legal
guardian (most likely parent).
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