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Relicensing and rebasing LibreOfficeRelicensing and rebasing LibreOfficePosted May 29, 2012 8:09 UTC (Tue) by gioele (subscriber, #61675)In reply to: Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice by Richard_J_Neill Parent article: Relicensing and rebasing LibreOffice
> This raises an interesting philosophical conundrum. If two pages of code are *identical*, but they have different provenances, can one simply move the license around without having to regenerate the code?
> Does libreoffice actually have to delete text and type it all back in again in order for the license change to take effect?
I suppose this falls under the "What colour are your bits?" question: http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/23 (must read 2004 article about law, provenance and computer science).
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