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Re: GPL question
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mike3 |
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Re: GPL question |
Date: |
20 May 2007 18:40:26 -0700 |
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On May 14, 4:18 pm, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> Bilgehan.Bal...@gmail.com writes:
> > Hi,
>
> > Suppose I used some GPL code (e.g. linux kernel linked lists) in my
> > own project, which is also under GPL. However I have the copyright for
> > the bits that I wrote, possibly more than a non-trivial %90 of it. Can
> > I still dual license the project?
>
> You can't relicense the work of others under any license you like,
> period. Regardless how much or little you add to it.
>
> If you want to have the definite say about how to license some work,
> make sure that you have the copyright to 100% of it. If the 10% are
> so trivial and your licensing options are so important to you, that
> should be a small price to pay.
>
Although I'm not the asker of the question, this still brings to mind
the dillemma I haven't quite settled for myself yet. What if, say,
instead of dual-licensing the _entire work_, he (the asker of the
original question) tweaked it so the _GPL parts_ could be distributed
in the package *and also over a website or other free-availability
source* _UNDER GPL_, while the 90% that is _ORIGINAL_ is
licensed under proprietary or other non-GPL terms? Like this:
--- Complete Program:
Original program
GPL part
---
--- What is distributed in the retail package:
Original program -- under proprietary, non-free license or non-GPL
license
GPL part -- bundled in under GPL *and* also available on website or
other freely available source so it remains "free"
---
Would that be acceptable?
> --
> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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