So we need to create a new project called SquareSphere!!!

-----Original Message----- From: Blane Bramble [mailto:blane@dialmediagroup.com] Sent: 26 July 2006 11:51 To: dev@lists.roundcube.net Subject: Re: Fwd: Roundcube merger - Ideas from atmail

WOODS John wrote:

I am inclined to agree with Michael on this.

The timing of this offer is very interesting. Roundcube is very close

to

an excellent beta 2 and full release cannot be more than six months away.

@mail is doing this on purely commercial grounds (nothing wrong with that) but it would be sad to see such a good Open Source project disappear as it surely would.

However, I would like to understand what would happen to the source

code

if Thomas should decide to sell. Who actually owns the code given that at least a dozen people have contributed?

Is it the case that the code will remain open even after he sells it

and

therefore couldn't anyone else start a new project from what exists already?

The existing GPL'd code remains under GPL - this cannot be removed, and so a new Open Source project could be forked under a new name (assuming the RoundCube name was part of the purchase).