Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 14:52:40 +0300 From: Vitaly Magerya <vmagerya@gmail.com> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPLv3-licensed ports Message-ID: <4BF3D108.3050101@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinLh-IUzcRhz1ZDy_OoeP6Uw5l96uK-XtaHhy02@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100518224102.GH326@comcast.net> <4BF3995D.3070608@gmail.com> <AANLkTinLh-IUzcRhz1ZDy_OoeP6Uw5l96uK-XtaHhy02@mail.gmail.com>
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Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: >> I don't understand the purpose of that list though. What does "legal >> decisions regarding the use of GPLv3 in our ports system" mean? > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html : > ( BSD License is NOT compatible to GPL v3 ... , please see figure , if I > understand it correctly . ) 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. 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. [1] 4-clause BSD is incompatible with both GPLv2 and GPLv3.
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