Re:Element raises $30M to boost Matrix
by numpad0 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:12PM
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I don’t think you can ever rellicense or sublicense someone else’s code without consent or prior arrangements.
Like if I said this comment is licensed under GFDL 12.34 and you thought GFDL 10.01 is “compatible” with it, it’s still mine to decide under what license it is licensed.
A popular phrasing found on many GPL projects are “Version 2 or later”, but that doesn’t mean you get to rewrite it to “AGPL 3 or stricter”. That’ll be a copyright violation.
Like if I said this comment is licensed under GFDL 12.34 and you thought GFDL 10.01 is “compatible” with it, it’s still mine to decide under what license it is licensed.
A popular phrasing found on many GPL projects are “Version 2 or later”, but that doesn’t mean you get to rewrite it to “AGPL 3 or stricter”. That’ll be a copyright violation.