Re: RFC: moving from BSD to GPL

2004-06-27 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > Is it possible for an upstream to change license from a BSD-old to GPL? > Consider the hypothesis that the product is a derivative work with a > few old contributors. I see no reasons to do not relicense after adding > a credits note as required in the BSD license.

Re: RFC: moving from BSD to GPL

2004-06-24 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-06-24 11:27:15 +0100 Francesco P. Lovergine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible for an upstream to change license from a BSD-old to GPL? Consider the hypothesis that the product is a derivative work with a few old contributors. I see no reasons to do not relicense after adding

Re: RFC: moving from BSD to GPL

2004-06-24 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > Is it possible for an upstream to change license from a BSD-old to GPL? > Consider the hypothesis that the product is a derivative work with a > few old contributors. I see no reasons to do not relicense after adding > a credits note as required in the BSD license.

Re: RFC: moving from BSD to GPL

2004-06-24 Thread Michael Poole
Francesco P. Lovergine writes: > Is it possible for an upstream to change license from a BSD-old to GPL? > Consider the hypothesis that the product is a derivative work with a > few old contributors. I see no reasons to do not relicense after adding > a credits note as required in the BSD license