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Subject: Re: [OFF TOPIC] BK license change
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From: Florian Weimer <Weimer@CERT.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
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Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> writes:

> Oh and btw how can you change licence retroactively? Those "abusers" have
> right to continue to use old versions under old licences...

BK licenses become invalid as soon as a new BK version is released
which contains bug fixes or behaves differently in any way.

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