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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!news.intersurf.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.uk.ibm.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net!not-for-mail From: mouth@ibm.net (Mouth of the South) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 21:13:59 -0500 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <nVV8y0gTzX9Y091yn@ibm.net> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <32ECB442.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> <32ED1866.34F02393@indiana.edu> <5clgth$et2@qnx.com> <5cokjc$amq@web.nmti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slip129-37-195-162.nc.us.ibm.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:155330 comp.os.linux.networking:66772 comp.os.linux.setup:94762 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2163 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51467 comp.os.os2.advocacy:264593 In article <5cokjc$amq@web.nmti.com>, peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) wrote: >In article <5clgth$et2@qnx.com>, Doug Santry <doug@qnx.com> wrote: >Indeed. You can even modify the code and put the modified code under >the GPL, so long as you abide by the terms of the BSD license and don't >claim it as your own work. An interesting proposal, but it can't possibly be true. A derivative work, by definition, has its basis in the original work, and inherits the license terms of the original, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the original authors. If we try to apply the GPL, which mandates that source code must be freely available, to BSD licensed derivative works, which allows it to be secretly hoarded, then GPL would forcibly overrule the BSD license and nullify its terms. In such a case the BSD license came first, and it cannot be superseded by the whim and fancy, no matter how noble, of any unilateral licensing proclamation (such as GPL) to the contrary.