On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Praveen A <[email protected]> wrote: > > "* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer." > > So when some one from Linux community replaced that text with GPL, it > was against law. BSD license does not allow re-licensing code > explicitly. So things not allowed in the license is not allowed as per > copyright law. I completely agree with Theo's and Eben's take on this. > But the other point about redistribution of binaries still exist (I > quoted that condition in my previous mail). > >> GPL in itself does not encourage but forces to share. > > Yes. > >> Where as BSD Licence encourages to share in an ethical way. > > You distribute source, keep the license, if it is binary just > reproduce the notice. It does not require publishing of source code > for those who distribute it in binary form. >
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119769638425153&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119770190928099&w=2 The followers of FSF are going to be in a big shock because most of them have no idea about how the Courts are going to interpret the licences. Eben knows exactly what he is doing :-) --Siju _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
