From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 27 11:30:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from hand.dotat.at (sfo-gw.covalent.net [207.44.198.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B8737B719 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:30:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@dotat.at) Received: from fanf by hand.dotat.at with local (Exim 3.20 #3) id 14XpoJ-0003vH-00; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:29:23 +0000 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:29:23 +0000 From: Tony Finch To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Design a journalled file system Message-ID: <20010227192923.I609@hand.dotat.at> References: <200102270346.UAA10815@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200102270346.UAA10815@usr05.primenet.com> Organization: Covalent Technologies, Inc Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert wrote: > >Because you can't ditribute a FreeBSD kernel with GPL'ed code >linked into it legally, due to the GPL disallowing distribution >of the code with non-GPL'ed code. That is incorrect. The restriction is on distributing GPLed code under a licence that includes more restrictions than the GPL; since the BSD licence does not include restrictions outside the scope of the GPL you can combine code under the two licences freely and distribute the result under the GPL. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch fanf@covalent.net dot@dotat.at FINISTERRE SOLE: NORTHWESTERLY 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9. RAIN THEN SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message