John Cowan writes: > Stamnes, Michelle wrote: > > > Yes, you can use this software with FreeBSD. FreeBSD is subject to the BSD > > license, so you have no patent license for the original code. > > I'm sorry, but this seems to be a contradiction in terms. If there is > an Intel patent on the art of which this software is an expression, then > *using* the software with FreeBSD is precisely what we cannot do > without becoming scofflaws.
If you're using FreeBSD, then your rights under the BSD+Patent License are exactly the same as if the code was BSD licensed. How is this not open source? > actual *distribution* of the OS under the GPL. s/BSD/GPL/, burn a CD, and send it to me. You are now using a GPL-licensed OS. But that's besides the point, really. The point is whether a license which is open source can become not so if a patent license is included with it. -- -russ nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://russnelson.com Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | Why are we still fighting 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | the war on drugs when there Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | is a real war to fight? -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
