Travis Crump wrote:
Colin Watson wrote:
That of course doesn't prevent the holders of LAME's copyright from
releasing it under the GPL, since the copyright holders are not
themselves bound by the terms of the licence,
Why shouldn't they be bound by the terms of the licence?
Because they did not receive it under the license, obviously.
As copyright
holders they are perfectly able to distribute under whatever other
license they want, but if they decide to release under a license than it
seems like they should be just as obligated to fullfill all the parts of
the license as anyone else.
No, because they are the authority that grants the license, not a member
of the set of people to whom the license is granted.