Dear list,
For the maintainer of a given package, is it possible to change the
licence of a it from GPL >= 2 to GPL >= 3 ?
Thanks in advance,
Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini, Ph.D
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On 03/05/2013 10:34 AM, Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini wrote:> Dear list, > > For the maintainer of a given package, is it possible to change the > licence of a it from GPL >= 2 to GPL >= 3 ?Are you the author and copyright holder of everything in the package? If so, then I think the answer is yes. If not, then what license did the author give you for the parts you didn't write? You'll need to consult that, to find out if you can still distribute the code with a more restrictive license. For example, if you're using some code that was licensed under GPL 2 (not GPL >= 2), then you need permission from the author of it to distribute it under a different license. If you are distributing the package on CRAN, you'll have to ask them whether they'll still choose to distribute your package after the change. Duncan Murdoch
On May 3, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini wrote:> Dear list, > > For the maintainer of a given package, is it possible to change the licence of a it from GPL >= 2 to GPL >= 3 ? >In general the maintainer has no such rights. However, if the maintainer is also the author and holds all copyright, he can release the package under any license he feels fit. What has been already released cannot be affected, obviously, but you can release a new version under a different license if you have the legal right to do so. (This is not related to the possibility, but one practical problem with requiring GPL >=3 is that it is not GPL-2 compatible so it's a decision that better be made very consciously with all the consequences in mind). Cheers, Simon> Thanks in advance, > > Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini, Ph.D > > -- > ================================================> Water Resources Unit > Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) > Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission > TP 261, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra (VA), IT > webinfo : http://floods.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ > ================================================> DISCLAIMER:\ "The views expressed are purely those of th...{{dropped:9}} > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > >