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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.

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