Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:54:49 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <20011220095449.A26326@prism.flugsvamp.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011220064324.0264db70@localhost> References: <0en10ey5jo.10e@localhost.localdomain> <local.mail.freebsd-chat/Pine.LNX.4.43.0112181134500.21473-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <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> <4.3.2.7.2.20011220064324.0264db70@localhost>
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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
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