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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) 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: 31 Jan 1997 15:30:07 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <5ctv9v$ser@cynic.portal.ca> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5clgth$et2@qnx.com> <5cokjc$amq@web.nmti.com> <nVV8y0gTzX9Y091yn@ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:155553 comp.os.linux.networking:66909 comp.os.linux.setup:94946 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2184 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51568 comp.os.os2.advocacy:264874 In article <nVV8y0gTzX9Y091yn@ibm.net>, Mouth of the South <mouth@ibm.net> wrote: >In article <5cokjc$amq@web.nmti.com>, peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) 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. Correct so far. >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. Um...exactly which of the terms would it nullify? (Please quote the exact text.) I'm not as familiar with the GPL as with the BSD licencing terms, but I don't see why a piece of software could not be under the GPL and the BSD terms at the same time. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.