Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:53:10 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Nicolas Rachinsky <list@rachinsky.de>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011222174710.00dda370@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011221212606.GB17204@pc5.abc> References: <20011221150930.A78601@prism.flugsvamp.com> <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> <20011219215548.D76354@prism.flugsvamp.com> <lpellpwlhe.llp@localhost.localdomain> <20011220171739.J26326@prism.flugsvamp.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011221131016.00d3dcc0@localhost> <20011221150930.A78601@prism.flugsvamp.com>
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At 02:26 PM 12/21/2001, Nicolas Rachinsky wrote: >Just a question, there is an version of the BSD license which is >incompatible with the GPL, which means I can't distribute a work with >has both licenses. In the following I call this (incompatible) BSD >license BSDL. Yes. The original 4-clause BSD license was "incompatible" with (read: code written under it could not be assimilated by) the GPL. This is due to the fact that any license that imposes any restriction -- however minor -- that the GPL does not prevents assimilation by the GPL. These include clauses which are easy to honor, such as a requirement to give the author credit somewhere (not necessarily in every ad). I strongly advocate that the BSDs standardize upon a license that is "incompatible" with the GPL so as to prevent work done for the BSDs from furthering Stallman's agenda. Such a license can still be truly free, as it can allow you to do anything with the code and only restrict what you can do TO the author (e.g. try to hide the fact that he or she wrote it). --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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