[Gllug] GPL

[Nick Richards]

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:12:10 +0100 (BST), Jason Clifford
<jason at ukpost.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Leigh Mason wrote:
> 
> > What would happen if the original author wants to redistribute the original
> > work (without changes) under a new licence? In effect, having the same work
> > released under two licenses. Is this possible?
> 
> Yes. Not only is it possible but it is also fairly common.
> 
> Do note however that the author must be sure that (s)he holds copyright
> over all of the work that is dual licensed. Where others hold copyright in
> some of it the agreement of all copyright holders is necessary to release
> the code under extra licenses.

This is the reason things like the JCA exist:

http://www.openoffice.org/contributing.html

Otherwise you get in a Mozilla style mess.

Nick

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