FDL University-courses II

[fabrice bauzac]

On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 02:28:24PM +0100, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 08:28:33AM +0200, Achim D. Brucker wrote:

> > But, the author is not bound to the GPL for the further use of the
> > program. He could stop distributing it, distribute it under a
> > non-free licence or whatever he wants. Remark, that this is only
> > valid as long, as he is the only copyright holder of the source
> > (or all copyright holder agree in the re-licening).  A prominent
> > example would be mysql, which copyright is completely held by
> > MySQL AB. You can get mysql under the terms of the GPL, but your
> > are also able, to by it under an non-free licence (e.g. for using
> > it in a non-free project and thus avoiding the viral nature of the
> > GPL).

Then, assigning the copyright to the FSF would solve the problem.  Can
anyone decide on her own to assign her program's copyright to the FSF?

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fabrice bauzac
Software should be free.  http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html