On 2007-09-03 00:27:44 +0200, Weissmann Markus wrote: > The thing with GPLed code is, that it is viral, so everything you > link against it (or mix with it) will get GPLed code, too. I'm not > quite sure what if you do not own the original source (e.g. it is > BSD licensed), but I assume that everyone will be happy as long as > the viral effect of the GPL is kept and you distribute the source > code along a binary.
AFAIK, the BSD license allows you to create a derived work that would be distributed under the GPL. Owning the original source is necessary only if you want to change the license in an incompatible manner (e.g. you created a work which you distributed under the GPLv2 and you want to distribute a future version under the GPLv3+). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
