Re: gpl issue
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- Subject: Re: gpl issue
- From: Rob Kendrick <rjek@...>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:16:41 +0100
On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 08:09:51PM +0400, Bulat Ziganshin wrote:
> Hello Patrick,
>
> Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 6:56:17 PM, you wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Martin Voigt <voigt.m@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> I should have written that in the first mail, we just want to
> >> distribute our lua/ luac modules bundled with a modified Lua
> >> interpreter under the GPL2, and we're not sure if that is possible.
>
> > You cannot relicense code of which you do not own the copyright.
>
> sorry but you are wrong. changing license of modified sources to more
> prohibitive one is very common operation. lgpl explicitly says that
> this code is allowed to be relicensed under gpl
Doesn't the LGPL say you are allowed to use the product under either the
LGPL or GPL? I don't believe it says you can "relicence" it, just that
you have the choice.
> mit/bsd explicitly allows to do *everything* with the code, including
> redistributing it with any license
No, it does not. It allows sublicencing.
B.