The way I read the license was that you can not sell SA software. You can only charge for duplication fees, installation or maintenance but not for the software or customized versions derived from it. I could be wrong, I am not a lawyer...
The way some on the list have responded would suppose that anyone can copy SpamAssassin, modify it or integrate it, change the name of it and then resell it for thousands. (ie, Mailshield). This does not make sense to me. (Here is the link again.)
There is also the possibility, as one person posted, that the SA Copyright holder or holders have worked a deal with Lyris. If this is the case they should make this deal known to the SA community IMO.
Vivek Khera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>> "JS" == Justin Shore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>writes:
JS> I don't have any information about this either, only a thought. If I
JS> contributed code to an open source project like SA, I'm contributing it
JS> under the conditions of whatever licensing scheme(s) the project already
JS> utilizes. Because of that my code couldn't subsequently be taken by even
JS> the original author of said project and rereleased under another license,
JS> can it? I'd expect this to be the case unless the license I'm
The only condition under which a relicensing could happen is if you
assigned your copyright ownership to the person wishing to relicense,
or you agree to the alternative license.
For example, when you contribute code to the GNU project proper, they
make you sign your copyright over to them. This lets them ensure that
they have clear title and can take appropriate legal action as
necessary without having to contact all contributors.
In short, only the copyright owner can alter the license term, and
then only for new license grants. He cannot retroactively change the
license terms of existing licencees.
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