On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:32:26 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> David Kastrup wrote: >> >> Rjack <[email protected]> writes: >> >> > "As we were going over the scan results I noticed a very interesting >> > trend. The GPL licensed software tends to assimilate quite a bit of >> > BSD-style and public domain source code. By including that other >> > source code it ends up spreading like a cancer." >> > http://questonsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/04/gpl-license-is-like- cancer.html >> >> Hm? The whole point of BSD-style and public domain source code (and >> what the proponents are proud about) is that it is _intended_ for >> assimilation into differently licensed software. > > Hm? The whole point of the BSDL'd and the public domain source code is > that it (original source code released under the BSDL or > entered/dedicated/ in/to the public domain) is "_intended_" to remain > under the BSDL and (respectively) the public domain. What, precisely, prevents the GPL code from using BSD code (copy/paste)? The inverse is prevented, however. -Thufir _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
