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Re: Licensing of modules for libposix
From: |
Gary V. Vaughan |
Subject: |
Re: Licensing of modules for libposix |
Date: |
Thu, 5 May 2011 12:23:13 +0700 |
Hi Karl,
On 4 May 2011, at 22:11, address@hidden (Karl Berry) wrote:
> If you're the author (or if all the authors
> agree), and you want to relicense your code, you still have that right,
>
> That is correct. The standard FSF copyright assignment "grants back"
> the right to authors to do anything they like with their own code. So
> the kinds of scenarios you describe in your email are ok.
Thanks for the confirmation.
This makes it a lot easier to distribute software through Apple's various
AppStore channels under the more onerous terms they impose, while still having
the freedom to share the actual code under the GPL. It's unfortunate that few
people seem to be aware that this is not only perfectly legitimate, but also
far preferable to just closing one's source code entirely to stay in Apple's
good books. I've only been able to find one GPLed iOS application (Wordpress),
which is a shame since that makes all prospective iOS developers start from
scratch when learning good practices for coding in that environment :-(
Cheers,
--
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)
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- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Jim Meyering, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Reuben Thomas, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Jim Meyering, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Reuben Thomas, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Gary V. Vaughan, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Karl Berry, 2011/05/04
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- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Paolo Bonzini, 2011/05/07
- Dual Licensing for Apple App Store Distibution [Was Re: Licensing of modules for libposix], Gary V. Vaughan, 2011/05/08
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Jim Meyering, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Reuben Thomas, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Jim Meyering, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Bruce Korb, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Paolo Bonzini, 2011/05/04
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Jim Meyering, 2011/05/05
- Re: Licensing of modules for libposix, Paolo Bonzini, 2011/05/07
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