From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Dec 20 7:55: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from prism.flugsvamp.com (66-188-92-95.mad.wi.charter.com [66.188.92.95]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D56137B405 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:55:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by prism.flugsvamp.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBKFsnC26642; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:54:49 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jlemon) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:54:49 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon To: Brett Glass Cc: Jonathan Lemon , "Gary W. Swearingen" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <20011220095449.A26326@prism.flugsvamp.com> References: <0en10ey5jo.10e@localhost.localdomain> <200112182010.fBIKA9739621@prism.flugsvamp.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011218180720.00d6e520@localhost> <20011219091631.Q377@prism.flugsvamp.com> <0en10ey5jo.10e@localhost.localdomain> <20011219215548.D76354@prism.flugsvamp.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011220064324.0264db70@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011220064324.0264db70@localhost> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 06:46:38AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > 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. No, this is the exact notion that I am rejecting. I can download/obtain the BSD bits without any GPL bits, as they are kept separate. So simply because the GPL bits exist, does not mean the BSD bits are tainted. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message