Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:03:04 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Jeremy Lea <reg@shale.csir.co.za> Cc: Seth Leigh <seth@pengar.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, lepreau@cs.utah.edu Subject: Re: Not so sinister. Was:(Re: Attempt to relicense BSD code under the GPL) Message-ID: <36A50F27.98B3FC7@newsguy.com> References: <l03110705b2ca7fabd912@[192.168.0.2]> <19990119192936.D826@shale.csir.co.za>
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Jeremy Lea wrote: > > But you missed the point of the complaint. The GPL will not allow them to > do this. If they want to use the GPL for their own code, then it forces > them to use the GPL for their entire code base (whatever they are linking > and packaging). They've misunderstood the terms of the GPL. > > To quote (from /usr/src/contrib/gcc/COPYING): > " 2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion > of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and > distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1 > above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions: > > a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices > stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. > > b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in > whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any > part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third > parties under the terms of this License." "Packaging" things together is usually not perceived as being the same as "contains". The BSD source is not "inside" the GPL source. This is why FreeBSD can "package" GPL stuff together with our BSD stuff. :-) -- 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-hackers" in the body of the message
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