On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 08:50:49PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > Mathieu Roy wrote: > > > My question is: what's the right way to do this? If all contributors > > > agree, can I just drop the FDL from my 'legalese' paragraphs, replacing > > > it with a reference to the GPL, or do I have to mention the fact that > > > previous versions were licensed under the FDL? Do I have to wait for a > > > new update of those documents, or can I just go ahead and change the > > > license without changing the licensed text? > > > > Normally you can drop the ref. to the FDL completely. But note that if > > someone got a copy under the GNU FDL, he is free to continue to > > distribute it as GNU FDL, even if he knows that you relicensed it to > > the GPL. > > As author, you can relicense your production as you want, without > > changing the licensed text (at your option). > > What about contributors who sent patches of maybe 5 lines? They'd > have to be contacted as well, since they contributed to the FDL > version and hence implicitly released their patch under the FDL, > no?
A contribution of that size will probably not constitute copyright interest (too small). Accumulating several patches of this size from the same person would, though. The border is hazy here; I think the FSF usually throws a figure around in the region of 10-15 lines. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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