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On Wed, 18 May 2005, Daniel S. Wilkerson wrote:

> I have a rather strange legal question that I'm not sure who to ask of; it

I am no Lawyer, but my understanding of GPL vs BSD is more or less..
GPL - You can change the code, but have to give back your changes
BSD - You can take the code and do as you please. No need to even give 
back the changes you made.