Re: Interesting Web Site on Open Source Development

"hutch--" <hutch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > You should rephrase that. The GPL does *not* remove the *original*
>> author's rights to the code.
>
> but it has this problem, once an author licences the code this way,
> anyone can modify it and redistribute it and the author can no longer
> do anything about it.
>
The code still has to be licensed under GPL, though, and other
possible legal issues (like what the use of third-party libraries
could bring) also have to be fulfilled. And the author can still
branch the code and release under a different license.
But sure, you lose control of the code that you release under GPL,
and you cannot take modifications made by other people and include
that in a different-licensed release (hmmm, I wonder how dual-license
companies like MySQL handles this?)

> I have greate respect for Tomasz because he has BOTH made his code
> available but restricted its redistribution in modified form as it
> maintains the integrity of his original concept which among other
> things, is its authorship and maintainance.
>
Hm, restricted redistribution? Basically, you're allowed to release
both modified source and modified binaries (without source), as long
as you include the FASM license and credit Tomasz for the work, and
don't remove copyright notices for the source. Beats GPL by far.


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