On 10/9/06, Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Matthew Wala wrote: > Is clause 3 of the BSD license ("The name of the author...") GPL-compatible?Yes, because GPL article 1 has a corresponding requirement. So there is no conflict in licensing terms, and therefore you can release the whole under the GPLv2 license terms.
I don't see any such requirement in GPLv2[1] article 1: : 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code : as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and : appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and : disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this : License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients : of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program. : : You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you : may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee. I don't see there anything which says anything like BSD[2] clause 3: : Neither the name of the <ORGANIZATION> nor the names of its contributors : may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software : without specific prior written permission. Is there a good reason why this isn't considered an additional restriction? [1] http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [2] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php -- Markus Laire Disclaimer: IANAL, IANADD -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
