Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 17:35:04 +0400 From: Konstantin Tokarev <annulen@yandex.ru> To: Vitaly Magerya <vmagerya@gmail.com> Cc: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: GPLv3-licensed ports Message-ID: <203091274276104@web131.yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <4BF3D108.3050101@gmail.com> References: <20100518224102.GH326@comcast.net> <4BF3995D.3070608@gmail.com> <AANLkTinLh-IUzcRhz1ZDy_OoeP6Uw5l96uK-XtaHhy02@mail.gmail.com> <4BF3D108.3050101@gmail.com>
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> No, 3-clause BSD license is compatible with GPLv3 [1] (you can follow > multiple arrows on that figure). You can combine BSD-licensed code with > GPLv3-licensed code and either use it privately or redistribute it under > GPLv3. Pretty much the same as with GPLv2. Surely. > > This actually implies that the packages and possibly the patches in GPL > ports are covered by GPL too... hence the "legal decision" I guess. OK. Patches itself (sources) may have any compatible license (including BSD), but when they are applied to GPL sources, produced sources fall under GPL completely, including modified parts -- Regards, Konstantin
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