GPL question

[E K]

I see that self contradictory. On one of the term of the GPL is that one can not take away the right of the user on derivative works as well. I think as a copyright owner you have the right to license it under different liceses, eg. creative commons license. But I am not sure if you can license the same work under contradictory license agreements and which will take effect if and when a dispute arise.

cheerio,

EK

Ian Petersen <ispeters-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: Hi Madi,

My understanding is that copyright holders have full authority to
license their copyrighted works as they see fit.  If that's true, then
it means you can authorize anyone to do anything with your code, so
long as you're the only contributor.  If there are other contributors,
you'd need to get their permission to do anything that contravenes the
GPL.

Of course, the best way to get a reliable answer is to talk to a
lawyer.  I think lawyers will usually give you a short period of time
for free, such as 30 minutes or an hour.  Since you really only have
one question, you might be able to get it answered during this pro
bono period.

Ian

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