Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:28:18 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrecord trouble on currnet Message-ID: <19980601212818.39604@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199806011530.IAA17978@antipodes.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 08:30:00AM -0700 References: <199806011201.OAA16937@sherwood.gmd.de> <199806011530.IAA17978@antipodes.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 08:30:00AM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > P.S. > > I believe that the real problem might be that your program comes with a BSD > > license while my software comes with GPL. > > This is never a problem; BSD code can always be incorporated into a GPL > product without having any significant impact on the GPL. The reverse > is, regrettably, not the case. Eh? _Nothing_ can be incorporated into a GPL product except GPLed code; of you've got public domain code, you may of course make it GPL first... 'No further restrictions' clauses of the GPL (clauses 6 and 7 of GPL v2). This specifically contradicts clause 4 of the standard BSD license. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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