Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Request: Change the allowed license of plugins

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From: ddutt@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:18:56 -0800
Hi Gerald,

As the inventor of Ethereal, I'm glad that you're in favor of changing the
license. 
Gerald Combs writes:
 > There are just under 250 people listed in the AUTHORS file at the present
 > time.  If any of them explicitly denies permission for a
 > differently-licensed release of Ethereal (or if we simply can't reach
 > them), we can't include their code under the modified license.
Do we need the consent from all of them or only those who have contributed to
plugins ? I suspect it is the former, but want to reconfirm.

Thanks,

Dinesh
-- 
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
                                           - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe