>>>>> "MSS" == Malte S Stretz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> of the "what if 50% of all those uses of free versions actually paid us >> instead"-kind; and suddenly they're using their slightly changed license, >> or bruteforce lawyerpower, to make it damn hard to use SA. MSS> I trust Justin and Craig enough to be sure that they'd never agree to do MSS> something like this. Well, only the copyright holder can change the licensing terms, and not retro-activly remove the GPL/PAL. Now, if they have documentation for every contribution to SpamAssassin and everyone of those contributers agrees to the change (or had assigned copyright to someone who agrees) only then can they change the license for future releases. Otherwise they'll have to excise that contribution, and without proper documentation of each source, that's impossible. This is precisely why the FSF requires copyright assignment for any alterations to projects they 'own' such as emacs and gcc -- there is one and only one copyright holder who can make all the necessary decisions for upholding the license. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
