Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 11:43:06 -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: <199901181743.LAA84007@spawn.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990118095621.04517460@mail.lariat.org> References: <4.1.19990118092136.0465ede0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118092136.0465ede0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118095621.04517460@mail.lariat.org>
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On 18 January 1999 at 10:01, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote: > Nope, I'm not overreacting. The page states that the code > is licensed ONLY under the GPL. I don't see that. The page you reference does not contain any reference to ``GPL''. http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/flux/oskit/ > What's more, even if only the > COMPILATION copyright is licensed under the GPL, that's > enough to "infect" the collection as a whole. What is ``the COMPILATION copyright''? I don't follow. > Authors of FreeBSD kernel code should send e-mail to Mr. Lepreau > (lepreau@cs.utah.edu) saying in no uncertain terms that they will > not stand for this. The GPL cancer has spread too far already, > which is why I *STRONGLY* recommend an anti-GPL provision in the > BSD license. The code developed at Univ. of Utah, the OSKit proper, if you will, is under GPL (although note that other licensing terms are available). The code donated/borrowed from other projects, such as FreeBSD, are still under the original copyright of the project (of course, since that cannot legally be changed). I'm no fan of GPL, and will not release code under GPL. However, there does not seem to be a problem here. 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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