From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 20 21:59:36 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9EA1065690 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:59:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [89.206.35.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ED568FC23 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:59:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5KLxKMc001441; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:59:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q5KLxKun001438; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:59:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:59:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Chad Perrin In-Reply-To: <20120620205731.GA26703@hemlock.hydra> Message-ID: References: <20f61898ce668c96f8882981cf8e24f6@remailer.privacy.at> <4FE1AD27.8000704@gmail.com> <1340192731894-5720039.post@n5.nabble.com> <4FE1BD0E.5060300@pukruppa.de> <20120620205731.GA26703@hemlock.hydra> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:59:20 +0200 (CEST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Clang X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 21:59:36 -0000 >> >> isn't it that once you release your own work as GPL you don't really >> own this and even you cannot use it in closed source software? > > When you license something, you still own the copyright. You can then > release it under other licenses as well, and for versions you have > modified you can release it under another license *only* if you choose, thanks of explanation. i believed that the rules of GPL affects everyone including the programmer who wrote the code. This is good as with programs that doesn't have huge list of authors, it is still possible to get away from GPL. Would be nice to see someday that term "Free software" will only mean free software, not "free software but..."