On Dec 14, 2007 1:49 PM, Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The concept of relicensing does not imply changing or adding code, and > the legality of relicensing doesn't depend on changing or adding code. > However, I would urge people to relicense only if they make very big > changes. If they make lesser changes, it is better to contribute them > to the original project, and if they make no changes, relicensing is > just silly (in most cases).
You admit that "relicensing" is not changing the code; i.e., the software. The BSD license ALLOWS you to modify the software. It does NOT allow you to modify anything else, including the license(s) applied to that software. That right is never granted by the BSD license. If you believe the GPL to be worth anything, and I believe that you do, then you have to afford the same level of respect to the other licenses that people use. Respectfully, Marti Martinez -- Systems Programmer, Principal Electrical & Computer Engineering The University of Arizona [EMAIL PROTECTED]
