From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 12 2: 1:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1389214FAD for ; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 02:01:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA17105; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 11:01:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from des) To: Tony Finch Cc: kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu, Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD XFS Port & BSD VFS Rewrite References: <199908111559.KAA24052@plains.NoDak.edu> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 12 Aug 1999 11:01:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: Tony Finch's message of "Wed, 11 Aug 1999 20:46:45 +0100" Message-ID: Lines: 16 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tony Finch writes: > Kenny Drobnack wrote: > > This may be a stupid question, but what's to keep from putting xfs in > > FreeBSD? Is there something in the licenses that says you can't use > > GPL'ed software and software under the BSD License together? > Yes. The BSD licence requirement for acknowledging UCB in any > advertising conflicts with the GPL requirement that further > restrictions should not be added to those already in the GPL. This prevents you from relicensing BSD software under the GPL. It does not prevent you from selling an OS that has both BSD and GPL bits, as long as the GPL bits come with full source. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message