Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:13:51 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <20011218131351.M21649@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <a05101009b8445a0a2848@[10.0.1.39]> References: <20011218121011.E21649@monorchid.lemis.com> <a05101009b8445a0a2848@[10.0.1.39]>
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On Tuesday, 18 December 2001 at 3:30:46 +0100, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 12:10 PM +1030 on 2001/12/18, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>> If you link some GPL-covered code into the kernel, the GPL's >>> conditions will apply to the kernel as a whole. >> >> But only to that kernel, which is a binary. The only effect the GPL >> has on a binary is to require the supplier to also supply the source >> code on request. I can't imagine that we'd have problems with that. > > We might not, but the BSD license allows people to take the code > and turn it into a proprietary, closed-source project. That would no > longer be possible for anyone who wanted to use a GPL-infested BSD. Read what it says: > The kernel code released under the revised BSD license will continue > to be under the revised BSD license; it is only the *combination as > a whole* that will be covered by the GPL--if and when the > GPL-covered code is included in it. If someone links a kernel > without that GPL-covered code, the GPL won't apply to that kernel. What part of that don't you understand? > For example, this would almost certainly have killed the > Whistle InterJet, as well as many other commercial projects using > BSD. Yes, projects like this can contribute source code back, and > frequently do -- but it's their choice as to what they contribute > and what they keep private. You need to explain this. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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