Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:19:21 +0000 From: Richard Smith <rsmith@trltech.co.uk> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My misconceptions about the GPL Message-ID: <383B04D9.87243A4E@trltech.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911231614300.54785-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Richard Smith wrote: > > >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. How can you charge for it? It's free (as in the free beer sense of free). > 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? There are very few similarities me thinks, other than the fact that some people group them together as examples of "open source" licences, others do not :) With the BSD licence, I can create a derived work and sell it for profit _or_ I can contribute it back, it's my choice. Richard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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