On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 15:21 +0100, Kern Sibbald wrote: > 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.
Is a non-free version a big issue for you? I've always been a big fan of perl's dual-license approach which effectively removes the restrictions of the GPL while allowing it to co-exist with GPL'd components. I think it's been a good thing for everyone. -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
