Re: GFDL 1.1 or later
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
> In message <[🔎] 20090328194920.GK5340@const.famille.thibault.fr>, Samuel
> Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> writes
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have a package whose documentation is licensed under GFDL 1.1
> >or any later without invariant sections, Front/Back-Cover texts,
> >Acknowledgement or Dedication sections.
> >
> >How should I formulate the copyright file? Say that Debian ships it
> >under the GFDL 1.2 and point to the common-license, or just stay with
> >1.1?
> >
> Stay with "1.1 or later".
>
> Basically, unless YOU have the right to RElicence, you can't change the
> licence. And I doubt you have that right.
>
> The licensor has given you the right to use it under a later licence.
> But unless they gave you the right to CHANGE the licence (which I doubt)
> then you don't have the right to take 1.1 away.
I disagree. I have received X under several licenses, and it is my
choice which of those to pick. When I re-distribute it I can
redistribute it under one or any number of those licenses, but I don't
have to redistribute it (or any work based on it) under all of those
licenses.
That wouldn't change the original license people get from the original
place, but from me they can get it only under say 1.2.
Whether or not that's a good idea is a different matter.
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