On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:37:56 -0400 Glenn Maynard wrote:
> He doesn't have that permission himself. How can he possibly give it
> to others? If he can't release just under the GPL, how can he allow
> me to?
Well, it says "any other license(s)", not "any other license(s) with the
additional clause that further recipients must keep further derivative
works available under the QPL also".
I agree with you that it's weird that the initial developer is legally
bound to do something, but is allowed to give others the permission to
do otherwise.
Anyway, the initial developer got the power to relicense a patch when
applied to future versions of the software in exchange of the promise to
keep this future versions available under the QPL also. Further
recipients of the differently licensed versions don't get any special
relicensing power: why should they have additional restrictions beyond
what their license says?
Because the different license says so, you claim.
But then how can it be "any other license" if it must absolutely include
one specified clause?
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