Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:22:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: rdls@jezebel.demon.co.uk Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My misconceptions about the GPL Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911231614300.54785-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <383AB4A4.9B471944@trltech.co.uk>
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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
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