On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Julie wrote:
>> Anyone have a clue if the license that the PINE email software is
>> distributed under is GPL compatible? In other words, would it be
>> possible to fork the program as a GPL'd work?
>
>You can't change the license for a software package unless you
>are the copyright holder. That's one of the things that being the
>copyright holder means -- defining distribution terms.
>
>What's wrong with making your changes and distributing them
>under the owners license?
I asked if it was GPL compatible. If it is, or if any software
is, then yes, I _can_ take the code, modify it, and release my
work as GPL. BSD licensed code is a perfect example.
Sure, you can take the BSD code out of my code and use it BSD
licensed, but you can't take the collective work that I GPL'd and
use it all as BSD code.
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