| From: | "Peter Galbavy" <peter(dot)galbavy(at)knowtion(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Ed Carp" <erc(at)pobox(dot)com>, "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <postgresql(dot)org!pgadmin-support(at)adsl-61-76-31(dot)pns(dot)bellsouth(dot)net>, <postgresql(dot)org!pgsql-announce(at)adsl-61-76-31(dot)pns(dot)bellsouth(dot)net>, "Alexandre Dulaunoy" <alexandre(dot)dulaunoy(at)ael(dot)be> |
| Subject: | Re: [ANNOUNCE] pgAdmin Licencing Changes |
| Date: | 2003-05-24 10:48:10 |
| Message-ID: | 013401c321e1$fb5cff80$24e0a8c0@HATMADDER |
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Ed Carp wrote:
> If by this you mean that existing versions of pgAdmin II already
> distributed will be relicensed, I'm not sure that action is lawful.
> Generally speaking, unilaterally attempting to change an already
> distributed product to another license, regardless if that license is
> more or less restrictive, has little if any basis in either law or
> court cases.
From the experience of the OpenSSH project, and the ability to utilise an
old 'BSD' licensed version of ssh, this appears to be the case.
I do not see any problem with the copyright owner re-issuing older versions
with a new license, but you *CANNOT* change the license on copies already
distributed.
Peter
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