From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 23 8:23:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD84314A1A for ; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:23:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 11qIiR-0006fr-00; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:22:51 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA56449; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:22:51 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:22:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: rdls@jezebel.demon.co.uk Cc: Brett Glass , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My misconceptions about the GPL In-Reply-To: <383AB4A4.9B471944@trltech.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Richard Smith wrote: >> >I could release my new megasuite under either BSD or GPL and will >> >forfeit monetary gain through either route. I just don't understand whether you are saying you will forfeit gain because you *choose* not to charge, or you forfeit gain because you *cannot* charge. I thought you could charge for either, but the BSD license would protect your intellectual property if it were a derivative work? >What the GPL prevents is people taking my GPLed product and charging for >a derived work. It doesn't restrict me in any way as the original >copyright holder. So, if i understand correctly, if you write an *original* work, and then GPL it, you may charge for it and prevent anyone else from creating/selling derivative works without revealing their changes. So basically, for an *original* work, the two licenses are very similar, but *derivative* works under GPL require that the changes (intellectual property) be made known, while the BSD license does not. So BSD encourages modification for profit, while GPL does not? -jm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message