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'''But''', if many other people contributed to your project, you might be in |
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trouble, as - ''legally speaking'', and probably morally speaking too - |
deep trouble, as - ''legally speaking'', and probably morally speaking too - |
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might no longer be the sole copyright holder, and a license can only |
you might no longer be the sole copyright holder, and a license can only |
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''if all copyright holders agree''. |
changed ''if all copyright holders agree''. |
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Let me repeat this: If you want to change the license of your project |
Let me repeat this: If you want to change the license of your project |
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* from GPL to anything else |
* from GPL to anything else; |
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* from LGPL to anything else but GPL |
* from LGPL to anything else but GPL; |
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* from BSD to anything else |
* from BSD to anything else; |
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* from some X to some Y I haven't though about |
* from some X to some Y I haven't though about; |
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''you might not be allowed to do so even when it's your own project |
''you might not be allowed to do so even when it's your own project''. |
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That is one reason why the Free Software Foundation encourages people to |
That is one reason why the Free Software Foundation encourages people to |
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transfer the ''copyright'' of sources to the FSF, ''in writing'', as only |
transfer the ''copyright'' of sources to the FSF, ''in writing'', as only this |
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enables the FSF to change the licensing of those sources in ways not explicitly |
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covered in the (L)GPL itself. |
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