24 Apr
2016
24 Apr
'16
4:38 p.m.
On 24 Apr 2016, at 15:47, Max
<msuraev(a)sysmocom.de> wrote:
I'm not expert on licensing terms but how can you remove GPL license
from already published code? I thought you can publish new version under
different license but once the code is published under GPL you can't
simply revoke this.
It starts by looking at the sourcecode:
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of BSD
* license.
The author has given us an option of A or B. In our case we have to pick option B (to
align with AGPLv3+ of osmo-nitb and such). But in general any group of authors can decide
to license past work under new terms (all authors need to agree, the old release will not
vanish).
holger