Re: [Sheflug] how to release something under the GPL

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> I was just thinking outloud I suppose.  What if I wanted to drop the GPL
> one day?  I mean, suppose I am the _only_ person who has contributed to
> it and I decide that I want to restrict the source code.  Can I
> relinquish the GPL?  As I say, this is just academic.
> 

Only by releasing a new version. Consider this: all your version up to <x>
are in the wild. Thus anyone can redistribute freely your code, modified
or not. If you recind the license, someone is going to get confused.

Create a new version, up-rev the major number (so it's bloody obvious there's
a big change) with a new license. GPL'ing can be a headache ... when I had
some software out, I found two or three forks with different version numbers
as they did further work... thus more confusion can reign... 

> Also, when I do release it under the GPL I know for a fact of a couple
> of people who are waiting to use some of the code for their websites. 
> Can I force them to show the GPL link at the bottom as you sometimes see
> on things like php-nuke?
> 
> Also, and more importantly imo, if they subsequently modify the code and
> still run it on their webserver but do not release their mods are they
> breaking the GPL?  I know they aren't strictly distributing it, but they
> kind of are?  hmmmm a tangled web.

	http://www.gnu.org/gpl-faq.html

might be where to look for these; the first is essentially you extending the
license by adding your own T&C's, the second is a GPL issue itself.

Chris...

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