Phase 2 commits

Ralf Habacker ralf.habacker at freenet.de
Thu Aug 6 13:57:20 BST 2020


Am 31.07.20 um 18:30 schrieb Prasun Kumar:
> Hi Ralf,
> 
> 
>     In case you have adapted this file to a larger extent, you can also
>     add your own copyright notice. This belongs also to other changed
>     source files.
> 
> Can I change the license of a modified GPL licensed file to an LGPL one? 
> As I understand, we cannot restrict the freedom of a modified GPL
> licensed file. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Adding a copyright because you added features to a source file is 
different from changing the license.
See 
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/203014/author-has-inserted-copyright-into-code-with-gnu-public-license-notice-implica 
for details.

Regards
Ralf




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