[ros-dev] Move from GPL Permission Denied

Sat Jan 9 00:52:04 CET 2010

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:45 PM, James Tabor <jimtabor.rosdev at gmail.com>wrote:
> Public Notice:
> First and last warning! You do not have my permission to switch from
> GPL unless it is LGPL! I've coded most of all parts of the project and
> hold the copyrights with other developers from this project. We have a
> primary copyright to GPL, take it or leave it! I've imported other
> projects code into ReactOS and kept and respected their copyrights!
> Flamed baited by wine for forgetting to pass on copyrights as well and
> having to recommit them back into code! If it is good for me it is
> good for you!
>> If you have a problem with this I will have my people contact your
> people! You have my email address!
> James
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Uhh.... What? I'm confused... Was somebody asking for ReactOS to be
relicensed from GPL to another one? I don't remember seeing a message in the
mailing list about it.... Although, making it able to be licensed LGPL is a
good idea, especially if people want to make distributions with closed
source drivers included. What brought this on though?
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