Re: Free CDDB
Alan Cox (alan nospam at redhat.com)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:57:16 -0500 (EST)
> > I had a quick look that this, and this version is still under the GPL, so
> > we're free to use it.
>
> How can moonsoft make a new version of cddb that's not GPL when the
> 1.4-version was GPL??
>
> Am I missing something?
The author of a work can issue it any way they like under multiple licenses.
What they can't do is ever unGPL the existing one. If their new version
contained code by third parties then they wouldnt be able to arbitarily
change the license without other permissions