Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 20:15:57 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: dot@dotat.at (Tony Finch) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Design a journalled file system Message-ID: <200102272017.NAA00440@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <20010227192923.I609@hand.dotat.at> from "Tony Finch" at Feb 27, 2001 07:29:23 PM
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> >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.
FYI: IBMs lawyers disagree with you.
Please compare sections 11 and 12 of the GPL with the BSD
liability disclaimer, in the context of section 6 sentence 3
of the GPL ("You may not impose further restrictions...").
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#5
Realize also that not all of FreeBSD is under the 3 clause
license, and that embedded systems manufacturers frequently
licensedrivers for which source can not be legally distributed
to third parties (which would put the code in violation of
section 6 sentence 2 of the GPL).
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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