From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: law question Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 00:09:32 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87tumvdcqz.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8452"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0.6 (2021-03-06) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri May 21 23:13:38 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lkCSc-0001p3-G6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 21 May 2021 23:13:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38656 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkCSa-0003hQ-Ng for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 21 May 2021 17:13:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35032) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkCS3-0003hC-Lf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2021 17:13:00 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:51865) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkCS0-0001Sz-7j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 21 May 2021 17:12:58 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:154.224.42.9]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000ADF16.0000000060A82255.0000597D; Fri, 21 May 2021 14:12:53 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87tumvdcqz.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130020 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [2021-05-22 00:00]: > What happens if there is a company only when the code gets > released just moments before it is rewritten as FOSS? What happens is that people start asking about it... Author may change the licensing of some software, but not for previous versions already distributed and received. But if you have never received it and nobody else received it who can give it to you, bad luck. Example is the SugarCRM, they had community version and they stopped making a community version, so they discontinued free software releases and sell only proprietary. However, nobody can take you away the license once granted for the previous version. See example: https://github.com/matthewpoer/SugarCRM-Community-Edition/tree/master/OldFiles Same thing would be if some company arrives and wish to take over the software, it does not matter for the recipient. If you have downloaded it with specific license you have got your rights. And then you could make your own fork if you wish: https://suitecrm.com/ -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns Sign an open letter in support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/