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GPL versions not such a big deal

GPL versions not such a big deal

Posted Mar 27, 2008 12:52 UTC (Thu) by hummassa (subscriber, #307)
In reply to: GPL versions not such a big deal by dlang
Parent article: Bruce Perens and the OSI board

> it just means that someone can take your code and combine it with GPLv3 code and
> remove the permission that you granted.
In the combined work, yes, but in your code, no. You granted the permission to tivoize 
your code, your permission is there, latent. If I take _your_ code and put in my TiVoSX, but 
not the code that the other author does not want tivoized, it's ok. That is the beauty of the 
GPLv3+waivers:

Your code: GPLv3 + waiver tivoizing
My code: GPLv3
Combined code: GPLv3

If anyone wants to tivoize your code, _nothing_ will stop them. Your wishes regarding 
_your_ code are _always_ respected. Now, your wishes regarding _my_ code...


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