Software relicensing

Software relicensing is applied in open-source software development when software licenses of software modules are incompatible and are required to be compatible for a greater combined work. Licenses applied to software as copyrightable works, in source code as binary form,^[1] can contain contradictory clauses. These requirements can make it impossible to combine source code or content of several software works to create a new combined one.^[2]^[3]

^ Hancock, Terry (2008-08-29). "What if copyright didn't apply to binary executables?". Free Software Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
^ O'Riordan, Ciaran (2006-11-10). "How GPLv3 tackles license proliferation". linuxdevices.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18.
^ Neary, Dave (February 15, 2012). "Gray areas in software licensing". lwn.net. Retrieved 2016-02-27.

[1] Hancock, Terry (2008-08-29). "What if copyright didn't apply to binary executables?". Free Software Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2016-01-25.

[2] O'Riordan, Ciaran (2006-11-10). "How GPLv3 tackles license proliferation". linuxdevices.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18.

[3] Neary, Dave (February 15, 2012). "Gray areas in software licensing". lwn.net. Retrieved 2016-02-27.

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Software relicensing

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