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They are already placing completely rewritten files under ‘better’ licenses, so the license switch might happen file-by-file over a long period of time.
by claudius 13y ago
They are already placing completely rewritten files under ‘better’ licenses, so the license switch might happen file-by-file over a long period of time.
- gioele 13y agoIs that strategy possible at all? Are there cases tested in courts (both US and EU) that assert that the file-by-file licence replacement really works?
- mehrdada 13y agoWhy wouldn't it? The author of the file will be the copyright holder by the virtue of authoring it. If she does not get rid of it, she still remains the copyright holder. Copyright does not switch owners purely by the virtue of distribution with another piece of work. IANAL.
- gioele 13y agoBut isn't the ISC file a "derivate work" of the Apache 1.0 and thus subject to the same limits?
- mehrdada 13y agoThe copyright holders can later on relicense the work under something else. Licensing a work under some non-exclusive license does not restrict you from licensing it again in the future under other terms.