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Re: relicensing from MIT to LGPL
From: |
Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: relicensing from MIT to LGPL |
Date: |
Thu, 11 May 2006 23:44:16 +0200 |
jmg3000@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > You may NOT replace the MIT license
> > with the LGPL.
>
> Hm. I'm confused. The MIT license
> (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php) on the one hand
> says you may "sublicense" (re-license?) the code, but OTOH says,
Sublicense doesn't mean "relicense" under the any terms you like. It
just means that you, as a licensee, got the permission to enter into
a contract with other parties (and sue those licensees for breach of
contract) conveying rights reserved to copyright owner(s) under the
terms of the MIT license.
> "[snip] this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
> substantial portions of the Software."
>
> So, if you must include that "permission notice", does that mean the
> code must by definition be licensed under those terms (i.e. the MIT
> license)?
Yep.
regards,
alexander.
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- Re: relicensing from MIT to LGPL, jmg3000, 2006/05/11
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