Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:20:51 +0200 From: Dennis Koegel <amf@hobbit.neveragain.de> To: Philipp Huber <uebs@gmx.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPL vs BSD Licence Message-ID: <20041025082051.GB16445@neveragain.de> In-Reply-To: <10582.1098690276@www44.gmx.net> References: <3.0.6.32.20041025084122.007cdb50@mail.uk2.net> <10582.1098690276@www44.gmx.net>
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On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 09:44:36AM +0200, Philipp Huber wrote: > > But equally important is the ability to join back forks, when/if some > > group finds the right solution to a problem. And that's where the > > GPL comes in: you can really think of the whole license as nothing > > more than a requirement to be able to re-join a forked project from > > either side. > > i don't really get what the gpl or bsd license has to do with rejoining > forks. why shouldn't bsd licensed projects be able to refork in case... Because Juniper, for example, are perfectly free to decide against making their changes to the (in this case) FreeBSD code available anyone at all. For them, that may be a positive thing, because they don't have to open their work for the competition. But this is exactly what the GPL is aiming to avoid. HTH, - D.
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