Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 03:24:52 08/25/05
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On August 24, 2005 at 13:50:32, Tord Romstad wrote: >On August 24, 2005 at 06:37:04, Zheng Zhixian wrote: > >>Would that be possible? To release a binary without the source? I know he's the >>author does that mean he has the right to do that, GPL or not GPL? > >I haven't read the GPL very carefully (I suppose I should - my own program is >GPLed, too), but at least it has been done before. Sjeng used to be a GPL >program, >but recent versions are not open source. > >Tord The author of a program can basically do whatever he pleases. The license is only relevant to *other* people, allowing them rights to modify and/or use the program, or not. This means that it is legal for Fabien to release Fruit non-GPL-ed (provided he did not use any code from other people), but it is NOT legal for Toga to do a non-GPL release. -- GCP
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