Re: [TCLUG:17728] Motif has gone opensource!

[Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> 
> > > Well, if you are the original author, you can re-license whatever you
> > > wrote, although you usually have to make a new version and can't
> > > retroactively re-license.  So, you could release version 0.9 of a
> > > program under the GPL, then tweak some things and release version 1.0
> > > under a different license.  Of course, the 0.9 version remains GPLed,
> > > and anyone can use that as a code base.
> 
> Actually, you were correct above.  My comment below was hasty.  I didn't
> catch the original author part - which I assume means the copyright holder.

Yes, that's what I meant..  I hate these situations where exact wording
matters so much.  I'd suck as a lawyer ;-)

> So, I apologize for my confusing the issue.

No problem..

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