Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 19:26:23 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.csd.uu.se> To: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> Cc: dewaz <dewaz@ran.es>, osi@opensource.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what about clauses? Message-ID: <20000525192623.A1249@student.csd.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <14637.21827.71483.478077@desk.crynwr.com>; from nelson@crynwr.com on Thu, May 25, 2000 at 12:35:09PM -0400 References: <392DD1E3.D9B97147@ran.es> <14637.21827.71483.478077@desk.crynwr.com>
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On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 12:35:09PM -0400, Russell Nelson wrote: > dewaz writes: > > Hi again! > > What I don't understand about changing BSD to propietary is how is that > > possible,I mean that if Peter gets the BSD licensed program from Tom > > ,and modifies and distributes it, Peter should do it according to the > > license that Tom joined the program(BSD) > > That license says that Peter can distribute a modified version if he > > includes in that distribution the copyright notice,those two clauses and > > the disclaimer.Right? > > Yup. > > > Thus the new Peter's program gets the second clause which says that you > > can distribute the program with some conditions.Right? > > So,Why not Tom could distributes his modified program? > > Thanks again for your knowledge and patience. > > Good question. Anybody else know the answer? License reproduced > below. I speculate that it keys off the distinction between "retain" > and "reproduce". > -russ > [snip BSD-license] Those clauses (the BSD-license) do not apply to the modifications that Peter made. They are distributed under whatever license Peter wants. So yes, the "BSD-parts" can be distributed freely, but not necessarily any modifications. (And seperating them can be very difficult since the distribution might be in binary form only.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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