Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: License for the mersene twister implementation

[Sam Geeraerts]

Rubén Rodríguez Pérez schreef:
> > Hello, our intention (co-inventor Takuji Nishimura and me)
> > is that make the algorithm as free as possible.
> > Thus, it is our pleasure to make a GNU GPL licensed version.
>
> Thank you, these are wonderful news.

Indeed it is.

> > Excuse me, but could you please specify what we should do
> > for this purpose: we lack very basic knowledge on licensing
> > matters.
>
> To avoid any problems that might stop current distributors from
> updating the file, you should dual license it under either the Artistic
> License, or the GNU GPL 3 or any later version.
<snip>
> You can apply it to the original source file I'm attaching -extracted
> from BerkeleyDB 4.8- and send it back to me with copy to:

Would the new license terms also apply to earlier versions? gNewSense 
(Ubuntu 8.04) still has db4.2 in its repo and its newest version is 4.6.