OpenSales -- DRAFT developers agreement

[kmself at ix.netcom.com]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 07:14:05PM -0700, David Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, John Cowan wrote:
> 
> > > Yeeargh! You want me to assign all rights to you forever for ZERO
> > > compensation? It's not too often one has to sign a contract in order to
> > > make a donation.
> > 
> > Copyright remains with you.
> 
> Maybe in name, but not necessarily in action. If I should later want to
> relicense my own code I am unable to do it. What if I would want
> to relicense it under the LGPL because of its library-like
> nature? Or what if I decided that my software should not be owned
> and wanted to release it under the public domain? 

David, thanks for your comments.

Our intent is that this is possible for you.  The concern is that the
original grant under GPL not be revocable.  What the original author
does in subsequent distributions or with subsequent derivatios of their
own work (independent of any additional code of OpenSales or other
authors) is not meant to be encumbered.  If language should be clarified
or modified to this extent, please offer your suggestions.

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