Re: Agree
Re: Agree
Posted Sep 19, 2002 19:44 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: Agree by Peter
Parent article: Releasing old software into public domain.
Peter's post may be based on a misunderstanding. When you assign your work to the FSF, you do so by means of a contract, one that binds the FSF as well as you. The contract essentially states that the work will remain free software, and imposes other requirements on the FSF as well.
The standard contract language, though, would permit the FSF to switch to a "copycenter" license, if my reading is correct, switch from GPL to LGPL or vice versa, though I'm told that they've negotiated different language in some cases.