From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Georg Bauhaus Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: NBAda (A library of lock-free data structures and algorithms for Ada) has never been mentionned here. Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:25:26 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <49d52ee0-7668-4488-a4ed-35f70748d3bf@googlegroups.com> <6de8b216-68c5-4b08-b403-d434f5bdb5f3@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="3c778abfd3b236e2f58e4ec86f627c84"; logging-data="5798"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/EqUZVI/lWEN6ji72+Jp4k5V/830RBy9g=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.1 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1pWOQsqy4f9/k7qzeB9eluzwM9o= sha1:WSFdDzJ7+IBUN2uB0u7X8CW5OZU= Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:28861 Date: 2015-12-22T10:25:26+01:00 List-Id: David Botton wrote: >> 1. Can license be changed afterward? > > Whoever owns the (c) has the right to make/authorize that change, so certainly give a try. > > The problem with the GPL is that they give the right to anyone down > stream to remove that exception later if they wish when they republish their changes. The exception applies to the work as is, IIUC. If changes of someone else establish a derivative work, will the exception granted by the original author transfer to the derivative work? (Not by what it says AFAICT) At the very least, there now are two owners; one cannot speak for the other. Does someone have a definitive statement?