Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 19:10:59 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net> To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Cc: dyson@iquest.net, lcremean@tidalwave.net, brett@lariat.org, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, licia@o-o.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL *again* (was: New CODA release) Message-ID: <199902100010.TAA61330@y.dyson.net> In-Reply-To: <199902092106.OAA01631@usr02.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Feb 9, 99 09:05:59 pm"
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Terry Lambert said: > > The standard BSD license is already poison pilled. In fact, it is quite fair > > by requiring attribution. Just be sure to provide an extra 20-30K of CDROM > > space for attribution. :-). > > Wrong. > > http://sleepycat.com/license.net > > Only the GPL prevents BSD licensed code from being virulized; other > licenses are not so kind as to exclude themselves from contaminating > BSD licensed code. > Well, I tend to think in terms of GPL, simply because it is predominant. In the general case of poison pill-ing, you probably have to tune it on a per license basis. Maybe I was wrong in thinking that the context was GPL? -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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