Licensing change: Audacious - GPLv3 --> BSD

[Martin Langhoff]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
> If
> you're not able to keep track of all your copyright holders then
> changing the license is something you should only do with the aid of
> good lawyers.

While the pendantics do have a pendantic point, in practice the mere
*cost* of demonstrating that you have standing should bring some
reasonableness to any potential proceedings. And judges, as
experienced lawyers, are often practical people -- claimants with
trivial patches should, and are very likely to, get a fairly short
hearing.

Mores and community practice matter. So I do what I consider to be
positive and socially-responsible: respect and follow the major
contributors' desires.

cheers,


m
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