GPL compliance

[Daniel Carrera]

On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 21:26 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 20:14 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> > A can give a product to B, and B to C and C to D.
> > A mere right to re-distribution wouldn't do this  
> 
> Oh, and I have to add, not really. Because redistribution under the GPL
> not only redistributes the code, but also redistributes the same rights
> you had

We don't actually disagree here... :)  redistributing the same rights is
relicensing. So... we're really just disagreeing on the definition of
words, not on what the GPL does. You say "redistribute the same rights"
I say "relicense".


> (and as I said, the GPL language does not use this term)

You don't need the word "relicense" to do what I just described. And the
GPL uses the term "sublicense" in item 4. But what I call "relicense" is
what's on section 2(b).

Cheers,
Daniel.
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