Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:45:18 -0600 From: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Attempt to relicense BSD code under the GPL Message-ID: <199901182145.PAA02239@spawn.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990118140907.0628fef0@mail.lariat.org> References: <4.1.19990118133648.064c47f0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118114510.0475fa90@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118095621.04517460@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118092136.0465ede0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118092136.0465ede0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118095621.04517460@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118114510.0475fa90@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118133648.064c47f0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118140907.0628fef0@mail.lariat.org>
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On 18 January 1999 at 14:13, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote: > Again, read the Web site. They did NOT select software that was GPLed. > The January 15th release of the OSKit is the first one that the University > has released under the GPL. Then previous releases are not GPL and the companies are not bound by it. Again, this is not relevant to this discussion (re: ``Attempt to relicense BSD code under the GPL''). > >A bad decision, IMO, and yours too, I would gather. > > Nope. I would never make such a decision. However, I am greatly concerned > about the ugly trend toward "infection" of software by the GPL. Yes, I meant ``A bad decision'' In My Opinion and probably In Your Opinion also. > Not directly. However, it is also true that a compilation including > BSD code is being released under the GPL. Fair enough. Might I suggest that you start a thread regarding why this is bad, and what arguments one should use to discourage it? While you are at it, you may want to include FreeBSD in the discussion-- after all, FreeBSD is a compilation which includes software under the BSD license and the GPL, and possibly others. > Certainly if it is paid for by government grants to academic institutions. > Where do you think BSD came from? UCB invented the BSD license. The government did not tell UCB to use this license. UCB chose this type of license. University of Utah has chosen GPL. There is no reason that the University cannot GPL the code. Again, I wouldn't make the same decision, but it is not my decision to make, nor yours. > >I asked for you to show me where any BSD code was being presented with > >a GPL license (but you snipped that). > > No, I answered that. The work as a whole, which incorporates BSD code, > is licensed under the GPL. And should not be. Gee, I still haven't seen anything in the license statements to that affect. Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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