From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 18 14:30:29 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24478 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:30:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peach.ocn.ne.jp (peach.ocn.ne.jp [210.145.254.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA24469 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:30:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dcs@newsguy.com) Received: from newsguy.com by peach.ocn.ne.jp (8.9.1a/OCN) id HAA10964; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:30:04 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <36A3B5D9.775BEE30@newsguy.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:29:45 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: pt-BR,ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Attempt to relicense BSD code under the GPL References: <4.1.19990118092136.0465ede0@mail.lariat.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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