Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 14:02:01 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does Linux violate the GPL? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011224135933.01c3d710@localhost> In-Reply-To: <w8adw8tkhz.dw8@localhost.localdomain> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011224120539.01ce4170@localhost> <20011223153232.4b562a74.dwalton@acm.org> <20011223153232.4b562a74.dwalton@acm.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20011224120539.01ce4170@localhost>
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At 01:45 PM 12/24/2001, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: >Looking at the BSDL, one sees no indication that the licensor cares >about [keeping the license on the code]. It's implicit in the statement that the license must follow the source code. If you can't tell to which code the license applies, the two have essentially been separated. >The BSDL only requires that "Redistributions of source code must >retain...". That's rather fuzzy, but I doubt that it requires explicit >notification of each piece of original code. If it doesn't, it has no meaning. It's like saying, "This license applies to some of the code in here, but we won't tell you WHICH code." A great lot of good that does someone who's trying to use it.... --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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