[X2go-dev] [Pkg-x2go-devel] Getting things started with x2goclient

[Gerry Reno]

On 02/01/2011 01:44 PM, Moritz Strübe wrote:
> Am 01.02.2011 18:28, Gerry Reno schrieb:
>   
>> Unless NoMachine completely rewrote the NX libs from scratch they cannot
>> change the license nor can they fail to provide any updates made to that
>> code base.  Once the GPL license is on a code base ALL derivatives that
>> are distributed in any manner are covered under the GPL no matter who
>> makes them.
>>     
> No, this only applies if you license the code. Therefore they can
> re-license  the code under whatever license they wish, as long as they
> don't violate the rights (licenses) of others.
>
> Morty
>   

Without knowing the entire history of the NX codebase, I would say that
if they were accepting contributions from any contributors that made
their contributions under the GPL then they, NoMachine, cannot just
summarily change the license of the codebase.   They could only change
the license for those parts of the codebase that were 100% NoMachine
contributions.  This is a little detail that appears to elude many of
these "commercial" open source companies.


Regards,
Gerry