[squeak-dev]( picoVerse-:( ? MIT vs LGPL ? ) )

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Thu Mar 27 18:00:40 UTC 2008


>>>>> "Randal" == Randal L Schwartz <merlyn at stonehenge.com> writes:

Randal> Also note that unless you are the sole author (copyright holder in the
Randal> eyes of the law), you can't relicense code at will.  You will have to
Randal> get hardcopy evidence of everyone who has contributed to agree.  This
Randal> is similar to the process that the Squeak core is currently
Randal> undergoing.

And on re-reading your (oddly formatted :) message, I see that you intend to
take code that has been distributed with Dolphin ST under the LGPL, and merely
"port" it.  Well, that's not going to release it from the LPGL, unless you get
the permission from the original authors to relicense it in writing.  Or, you
can just write the code in a clean room from scratch, but you should wait a
few months so that you don't accidentally do it the same way as the code you
saw, which would be a derived work.  Ugh.

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