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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: 19 Dec 1995 01:47:36 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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mrs@kithrup.com (Mike Stump) wrote:
]
] In article <DJ8xE2.2K9@kroete2.freinet.de>,
] Erik Corry <erik@kroete2.freinet.de> wrote:
] >This means the product cannot be released under both the BSD and
] >the GPL licenses, since the BSD license imposes a further
] >restriction on the recipient.
]
] Taken at face value, this statement is not correct. An author can
] release his code under both the GPL and the BSD copyright.
]
] You will not be able to cite a law that disallows it.
]
] An author, for what ever reasons he wants, can choose to _not_ release
] his software under both, if he chooses. Just because he chooses not
] to, doesn't mean it cannot be done.
Clearly, Erik means to say "combined license" and you mean
to say "seperate license".
You seem to be addressing the rights of the author.
Erik seems to be addressing the much more interesting case of
pulling BSD code into Linux.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.