Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:44:47PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > The GFDL is not compatible with *ANY* free software license. > > How is this? Many non-copyleft licenses have no "compatibility" at all. > Most licenses don't have the compatibility requirements of the GPL that > forbid linking it with code that has extra restrictions. You can > combine just about anything with 3-clause BSD-licensed software.
I'm sorry, I was too quick. Combining the GFDL with any license (whether free software or not) produces a work which, if software, would not be accepted as free software at all. So yes, you can combine the GFDL with BSD-licensed software, but the result is not free software at all. This is the central problem.
