Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 03:54:42 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Freebsd-Chat@Freebsd. Org" <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: viral license free fork of freebsd Message-ID: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKMEIEHEAC.davids@webmaster.com> In-Reply-To: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKIEIBHEAC.davids@webmaster.com>
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> > I am intrested in putting together a version of FreeBSD (at least the > > non-ports portion) that is 100% viral license (gpl and lgpl [not > > techinically viral but I don't trust it]) free... where would be a > > good starting point on this project? > The short answer is that you simply cannot do this. You cannot > set the licensing terms on code you did not write without a > written relicensing agreement from the original author, which you > don't have. This is the law in the United States and it's > probably impossible for this or other reasons elsewhere. [snip] Ignore me. I'm sorry, I misread his original post. I saw the "100% viral license" and didn't connect the "free" after the parenthesis to mean *NO* viral license. Not "100% viral license" and "free" which is clearly not what he meant. So here I am bringing up the very thing I was complaining about constantly being brought up. In my defense, it is 4AMish my time. DS
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