Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 06:46:38 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011220064324.0264db70@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011219215548.D76354@prism.flugsvamp.com> References: <0en10ey5jo.10e@localhost.localdomain> <local.mail.freebsd-chat/Pine.LNX.4.43.0112181134500.21473-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <local.mail.freebsd-chat/20011218110645.A2061@tisys.org> <200112182010.fBIKA9739621@prism.flugsvamp.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011218180720.00d6e520@localhost> <20011219091631.Q377@prism.flugsvamp.com> <0en10ey5jo.10e@localhost.localdomain>
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At 08:55 PM 12/19/2001, Jonathan Lemon wrote: >This is where we appear to differ. I reject the notion that because >it is possible in some universe to combine BSD + GPL'd code, that it >automatically forces all other copies of the BSD code to fall under >the GPL. It does not. But that's not what's going on here! In this case, the FreeBSD distribution -- as you download it, get it from CVS, or get it on the disk -- is forced to be covered by the GPL. This is bad enough, but worse still, the license is "sticky;" from that point on, the code is covered by the GPL. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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