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Re: GPL violation? (Was: v1.6 Enhanced SNACC Freeware)

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Subject: Re: GPL violation? (Was: v1.6 Enhanced SNACC Freeware)
From: Richard Stallman <rms@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:36:27 -0500
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    One question about the license: The original SNACC software
    has been released by it's authors under the terms of the GNU
    General Public License.  I am not a lawyer, but if I
    understand the GNU GPL correctly, you cannot change the
    license or apply an arbitrary license to a GPL software, if
    you are not the author/copyright holder.

A change in the license requires permission from essentially all the
copyright holders of the code that is actually used.

References:
- v1.6 Enhanced SNACC Freeware Now Available
  - From: Matt Bertapelle

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