[PD-ot] Re: [PD] PiDiP's legal status

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

moved this thread to pd-ot.
while licensing is an important issue in software-development, it is not 
necessarily a related to further pd development.

Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Actually, it does work like that in this situation.  PiDiP started with  
> GNU GPL'ed code, therefore must remain GPL'ed.  Yves could get  

no. the code taken from effecTV has to remain GPL'ed (and everything 
that is directly based on it)
quoting matju: "PiDiP could keep the GPL-incompatible license by 
replacing all of the GPL code by some other differently-licensed 
compatible non-derivative code."

> permission from the effectv for a different license, then change the  

that's the other option.

> PiDiP license, but that would only affect future versions of PiDiP.

only half true.
all versions of PiDiP which have been released _only_ under the GPL will 
stay GPL'ed forever (because they are already released)

however, i don't think that this does affect the versions of PiDiP that 
came with the double license.
probably they are really undistributable, i don't know.
but you cannot just assume that the GPL applies.

e.g. i am free to change the license of zexy to a EULA-monster. and 
while versions up to 2.1 will stay GPL'ed all future (from the time 
where any code is distributed with the new license) versions will by EULAed.

now the license of PiDiP has already changed. so the GPL does not 
(directly) apply to the current version.

but then i am no layer

mf.asdr.
IOhannes