From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 8 21:21: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.webmaster.com (mail.webmaster.com [209.133.28.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF1EB14C5A for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:21:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from davids@webmaster.com) Received: from whenever ([209.133.29.2]) by shell.webmaster.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-12345L500S10000V35) with SMTP id com; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:21:04 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" To: "John Sconiers" , Subject: RE: licenses and legal etc. Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:21:04 -0800 Message-ID: <000001bf2a72$37fb2ef0$021d85d1@youwant.to> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > A few questions about gpl etc. If I base my work of a program off the > work of another program that is GPL'd can I still use a BSD-like license?? > Are there any exceptions etc. > > JOHN Short answer: no. The GPL does not give you the right to distribute derived works under any other license, either more or less restrictive. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message