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[FYI] Mozilla Re-Licensing Experiment
- To: debate@fitug.de
- Subject: [FYI] Mozilla Re-Licensing Experiment
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:57:50 +0200
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http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/mozilla-relicense-faq.html
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Mozilla Relicensing FAQ
Introduction
The staff at mozilla.org have decided to go forward with an attempt
to relicense the code contained at cvs.mozilla.org under an MPL-GPL
dual license.
1.1) What code will be dual-licensed? As much of the code as
possible.
1.2) What keeps code from getting dual-licensed? In order to
relicense any code, the contributor of the code must consent to the
relicensing. If a contributor decides to object to relicensing, for
whatever reason, that code cannot be relicensed.
1.3) When will the relicensing occur? The relicensing will occur once
a reasonable attempt has been made to contact and obtain consent from
each of the contributors (and have consent granted, of course).
1.4) Who is a contributor? A contributor is anyone who has submitted
code that is currently checked into the mozilla.org cvs tree. This
includes patches submitted via email, the bug system, or in any other
way.
1.5) Why are you doing this? The staff at mozilla.org is chartered
with stewardship of the mozilla codebase. To that end, mozilla source
must be brought to as large an audience of developers as possible;
mozilla.org seeks to eliminate as many obstacles for contribution and
reuse of the code as possible.
1.6) Will there be updates to this FAQ? Yes, as more questions are
asked, updates will be made to this page, and discussions will be had
on the mozilla-license newsgroup.
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