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18 Apr 2024 04:49:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: OSI compatible license.  
From: Rafal 'Raf256' Maj
Date: 23 Sep 2004 07:17:14
Message: <Xns956D876C9CB78raf256com@203.29.75.35>
tho### [at] trfde news:41529842@news.povray.org

> You claim to have read the 3.5 license reasoning, yet you did not
> understand it at all:  To change the license to a lesser one, one
> first needs to have the right to do so, and obviously the 3.5 license
> explains very well why this is not the case.  It should also be common
> sense that nobody can decide to give away the work of somebody else
> for free without asking for permission first.  Obviously a
> dual-license cannot change that fact. 
> 

Btw, as I asked before - would it be possible to rewrite some old parts of 
Pov code (if oryginal authors can't be contacted), so that PovTeam would be 
"in touch" with authors of entire code, with could allow changing license 
(to more free for example) in future?

-- 
http://www.raf256.com/3d/
Rafal Maj 'Raf256', home page - http://www.raf256.com/me/
Computer Graphics


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