On Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 10:36:28PM +1100, Martin Kelly wrote: > Yeah, i will take note of that. I was thinking if i can release it under a > multi-licenses i probably will. Although, preferably i would prefer to > release it under a BSD license most likely a 2-clause or 3-clause license > just for general BSD compatibility as they are the OS's i am targeting. > > From what i understand of the GNU GPL license is that you can release > > modified source under a combined license with more permissive terms but > > cannot be released under a more restrictive license. > I also believe from what i have read that a person may release new or > modified software/source under the existing GPL license or a later GPL > license unless no GPL version number is mentioned in which you can release it hmm - no. Lacking an explicit "or later" clause supplied by the program's copyright-owners, you're stuck with exactly that version of the GPL which was supplied with the program. -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey%invisible-island.net@localhost> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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