From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jun 1 12:28:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA11027 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:28:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA11011 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:28:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA05571; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 19:28:36 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id VAA05095; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:28:18 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980601212818.39604@follo.net> Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:28:18 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrecord trouble on currnet References: <199806011201.OAA16937@sherwood.gmd.de> <199806011530.IAA17978@antipodes.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199806011530.IAA17978@antipodes.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 08:30:00AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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