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Re: "Preferred form for making modifications"
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Stefaan A Eeckels |
Subject: |
Re: "Preferred form for making modifications" |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:33:39 +0100 |
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:32:11 +0000 (UTC)
"Bernd Jendrissek" <berndj@prism.co.za> wrote:
> Suppose I want to release some software but I either don't want to or
> cannot (my house burned down 10 years ago and I lost the source
> scenario) release source code for it.
>
> Is it still possible for (legal) recipients of my software to
> redistribute (potentially hex-hacked) copies under the GPL I grant
> them?
Yes. This would be similar to receiving a GPLed program written in
Intercal, for example.
> My first instinct (and IANAL so it's most likely wrong; please tell me
> exactly how and why if so) is that it would be okay, because I would
> be the copyright holder and hence I get to define what the "preferred
> form" for modification is for licensees. That I might have or might
> once have had a more convenient form is my private matter. Or is it?
This is indeed my understanding of the rights of the copyright owner.
> The reason I wonder is that there is still an awful lot of old
> software floating around that is still useful to some people, and for
> all I know the source code may be lost forever. Supposing the
> copyright holder can be tracked down, and is willing to cooperate, is
> it conceivably possible to get all this stuff released under the GPL?
I would think so. The GPL is a workable license for abandonware, IMHO.
--
Stefaan
--
As complexity rises, precise statements lose meaning,
and meaningful statements lose precision. -- Lotfi Zadeh
- "Preferred form for making modifications", Bernd Jendrissek, 2006/02/21
- Re: "Preferred form for making modifications", John Hasler, 2006/02/21
- Re: "Preferred form for making modifications",
Stefaan A Eeckels <=
- Re: "Preferred form for making modifications", Rui Miguel Silva Seabra, 2006/02/21
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- Re: "Preferred form for making modifications", Bernd Jendrissek, 2006/02/22
- Re: "Preferred form for making modifications", Rui Miguel Silva Seabra, 2006/02/24
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- Re: "Preferred form for making modifications", Bernd Jendrissek, 2006/02/28
- Re: "Preferred form for making modifications", Stefaan A Eeckels, 2006/02/28
- Re: "Preferred form for making modifications", Bernd Jendrissek, 2006/02/28
- Re: "Preferred form for making modifications", Stefaan A Eeckels, 2006/02/28