SuperMalloc: A Super Fast Multithreaded Malloc for 64-bit Machines

Re:SuperMalloc: A Super Fast Multithreaded Malloc for 64-bit... by jws on Monday December 21, 2015 @11:56AM (#10771995)

I don't think adding a GPLv3 dual to an MIT license changes much. You can derive a work from MIT licensed code and license your work with a more restrictive license. You would still need to reproduce the MIT license alongside your GPLv3 license which would be confusing.

The author is giving you the option to omit the MIT text and have a pure GPLv3 if you wish to restrict access to your software in that way.

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Re:SuperMalloc: A Super Fast Multithreaded Malloc for 64-bit... by DiThi on Monday December 21, 2015 @12:59PM (#10772348)

Don't all MIT licensed projects have this possibility de facto? I mean, I can take any other MIT licensed software, add some bits of mine GPL licensed, and release the whole thing as just GPL.

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Re:SuperMalloc: A Super Fast Multithreaded Malloc for 64-bit... by justincormack on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @03:29AM (#10776533)

The whole thing is not GPL, someone can still just replace your changes with more MIT code and use the whole thing under BSD. You cannot change the license of someone else's code.

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Re:SuperMalloc: A Super Fast Multithreaded Malloc for 64-bit... by fbbbbb on Monday December 21, 2015 @12:12PM (#10772108)

>reproduce the MIT license alongside your GPLv3 license

The MIT license must be included in the provided software, but it isn't a part of the new license.

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