Re: Request to include your program on Open Source CD for Universityof Derby UK students

["Lars Clausen" <lars raeder dk>]

Ian Smith said:
> I don't know if "shapes" are licensed, but when I contributed shapes to
> dia,
> it was with retained copyright and a GPL based license. Is this a
> discussion
> to change the license?
>
> On 2/20/07, Mike Inggs <mikings gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Which application do you have in mind? I am sure it is not a problem.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > On 16/02/07, Matt Jeneson <M L Jeneson derby ac uk> wrote:
> > > Hi, I need to gain a clear answer as to whether or not i will be able
> > to
> > > include your application on to a cd for our students. We are currently
> > > producing a cd based on www.theopencd.org with their permission and
> > feel
> > > your application would be hugely helpfull to our students.
> > >
> > > For me to get permisson to make the cd middle management like to have
> > > clear answers and get scared by GNU and GPL! :)
> > >
> > > The app would come in its orginal distrubution package and would have
> > an
> > > info page linking to your site as well as a description making it
> > clear its
> > > authors....

No discussion of new license here.  All copyright holders for the Dia code
have released their code under the GPL, and it would be infeasible to find
them all to change it.  If the original poster is not willing to
distribute Dia under the GPL, then he cannot distribute it.  I as current
maintainer can clearly say that he can distribute it all he wants as longs
as it is done in accordance with the GPL.

-Lars