discuss: HOWTO under my own license
Subject:
Re: HOWTO under my own license
From:
Pradeep Padala ####@####.####
Date:
17 Jun 2005 21:23:30 -0000
Message-Id: <42B33F32.8050902@eecs.umich.edu>
Thanks, Rick. Eric Raymond's document was quite informative.
--pradeep
Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Pradeep Padala ####@####.####
>
>
>>I am the sole author. Is MIT license more or less restrictive than LDP
>>license? The LDP license mentions that it has cannot be more restrictive.
>
>
> The MIT / X Consortium licence is an "academic"-type simple permissive
> licence, similar to BSD.
>
>
>>For changing the license, can I just add the new license and remove the
>>old one?
>
>
> Sure; it's your text.
>
>
>>Do I have to mention that it was licensed under a different one
>>earlier?
>
>
> No -- but, if your document includes a revision history, it might be
> worth mentioning.
>
>
>>I am a bit new to this licensing stuff. Please point me to any relevant
>>documents, if there are any.
>
>
> OK.
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/Licensing-HOWTO.html
> http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm
>
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