From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 11 08:36:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ACED10657CF for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:36:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifikhan@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BF1D8FC30 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:36:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifikhan@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id f6so2857587rvb.43 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:36:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BLOMmbI+MUDAJ++jYEociGUslqDJdR7PXHwczMpulAc=; b=t+fXe11yzCiQrUtxyx6+T1IycItbiuDVrqRHz1Hh4SJkatOYUGjrMAbEd1sL9LkRsY ToTBOhhr+SZ7hUvQbx+j7W3cuYETU8PO/7gBKrEwxImxsHLcDNP7Hdz5XitLIbI8Usdv kGSt+fZb07Wcb0SxdPGTHHvu7mTxIQx36DnVc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=fieKBC7eRK590VqrCm9SZ/umRc0hFpW4U6CsTFA5TpcC/istew/Eq4TtcEv4lCXM3K ZTww8UIMVI0uKkutYvCD8Kn4VwihA0ZNbU9BBIrGiuoP/pvW4B8YG3QjNwBbw1LjuytS aOFZlMqXkvTXkUlWt2Zim70yY4si8YRzzKJZw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: saifikhan@gmail.com Received: by 10.141.194.21 with SMTP id w21mr4250335rvp.256.1236760581759; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:36:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090311012018.2075c3d9@gom.home> References: <20090311012018.2075c3d9@gom.home> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:36:21 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 87c1d38d8e36696f Message-ID: <9a52b1190903110136q1d16e73cq56ba0404224ea362@mail.gmail.com> From: Saifi Khan To: prad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions @ freebsd. org" Subject: Re: bsd vs gpl X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:36:23 -0000 On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:20 AM, prad wrote: > > however, recently i've become aware of there being a chasm within the > goodguys in that the bsd attitude is do what you want as long as you > give credit to the creator, whereas the gpl folks say do what you want > as long as you keep it free. > > is this a fair summation? > > do people here have any thoughts on the two different licenses? > > -- > In friendship, > prad > There are two rights associated. Rights to Usage Rights to Modify When you take a piece of code licensed under GPL and "modify" it, you are required to make your changes available and also under the same license ie. GPL. So the rights to modify comes with covenants in GPL. In the case of BSD and ASL, there is no such covenant. It may also be pertinent to know that under any license, the recipient cannot change the copyright ownership or the notice for eg. " ... The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. ..." -- thanks Saifi.