Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:29:45 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Attempt to relicense BSD code under the GPL Message-ID: <36A3B5D9.775BEE30@newsguy.com> References: <4.1.19990118092136.0465ede0@mail.lariat.org>
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Brett Glass wrote: > > According to the Web page at > > http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/flexmach/oskit/index.html > > The latest version of the "OSKit", whose STATED goal is to lower > the barrier to entry to OS R&D, has just been re-released UNDER > THE GPL. > > This is not only absurd (because the GPL *is* a barrier to OS > R&D) but also illegal, because it conflicts with the licensing > provisions of the BSD code which has been incorporated into the > package. > > Those who are concerned about the attempted use of the GPL > (which is anti-business, anti-innovation, and sometimes referred > to as a "viral" or "cult" license) on BSD code should contact Jay > Lepreau at lepreau@cs.utah.edu. Kernel authors in particular should > be outraged at the unauthorized and unwarranted GPLing of their code > and should protested what is, essentially, hijacking of their work. Mind you, > Re licensing, the OSKit comes with full source, and is GPL'ed; "open > source" is now the "in" term apparently. If a business or someone has > trouble with the GPL, the University is willing to talk about other options. Also, there is something about exceptions, but I could not get to the file. So, maybe the BSD source is still under BSD. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com If you sell your soul to the Devil and all you get is an MCSE from it, you haven't gotten market rate. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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