From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 21 12:15:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89DE137B417 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:15:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA00916; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 13:15:05 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011221131016.00d3dcc0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 13:15:02 -0700 To: Jonathan Lemon , "Gary W. Swearingen" From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Cc: Jonathan Lemon , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20011220171739.J26326@prism.flugsvamp.com> References: <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 At 04:17 PM 12/20/2001, Jonathan Lemon wrote: >Sorry, but you're forgetting one simple fact: as the Author, I maintain >all Copyrights. So my original work by itself is (and cannot be) tainted >by the GPL unless I reassign the copyright. This *IS* well tested >international copyright law. (Berne Convention) Jonathan: This is, alas, not quite true. Let's take the example of Linux syslogd. It was based on Berkeley syslogd, written by Eric Allman, and the man page credits him and other contributors. But the code has been thoroughly commmingled with GPLed additions and modifications, and there is nothing in the code to indicate which parts are GPLed and which are not. It is thus effectively GPLed. The same could happen to the kernel if we're not careful. I'm worried, (as you know) that we have long ago passed the boundaries of safety, and that we should have no GPLed code anywhere in the FreeBSD kernel *or* userland. (What to do about Perl would be an interesting issue. The Artistic License is business- and programmer-friendly and is not malicious, but Perl is dual-licensed under the Artistic License and the GPL. Larry probably did this without understanding the full impact or import of the GPL.) --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message