Hello again Martin,
I've changed the subject to be just slightly more readable than my orginal
one :-)
See below for the FSFE additions to my response:
On Friday 10 November 2006 15:21, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> On Friday 10 November 2006 12:27, Martin Simmons wrote:
> > >>>>> On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:18:52 +0100, Kern Sibbald said:
> > >
> > > The LICENSE will not be changed, only the copyright holder, so Bacula
will
> > > continue to be distributed under GPL version 2 + a few additions that
are
> > > specified in the LICENSE file. When GPL version 3 is released, we'll
take
> a
> > > look at whether or not we want to use it (with input from Bacula users,
of
> > > course).
> >
> > I'm a bit confused about the connection between copyright ownership and
the
> > license. Are there any issues with changing the license if you don't own
> the copyright?
>
> > Conversely, can the copyright owner change the license without
> > consulting anyone else?
>
> Yes, theoretically only the copyright holder(s) can change the license.
> However, the FSFE agreement is a fiduciary relationship, which is entered
> into for the purpose of protecting and defending the copyright. They leave
> the project management up to the project. Legally, they can change the
> license, but their intention is to change it only if the project wants to
> change it, or to be able to change the license if the project no longer
> exists and someone comes and tries to scoop up the code and make it
non-free.
>
> As mentioned above, it is possible they could change the license while the
> project is active, but this would not be in their interest as it would
> generate some rather negative publicity. If their goal were to have all
> software under GPL, then I might be more worried about this, but they have
> explictly stated that they accept any free software license.
>
After having sent a copy of my email to Georg and Shane, Georg had this to
say:
You could add that this will be part of our published principles for
the Freedom Task Force operations, and thus a public promise we're
making to the projects in our fiduciary project.
Even when considering this with a paranoid eye, ignoring that public
promise would have strong negative ramifications for FSFE.
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