Rui, as you are not a lawyer, you should stop to interpret any law, copyright questions or give any legal advice from your own interpretation. This will give a wrong assumption to the story. When there is a statement needed, please let talk the legals and until they give advise, you should stop your own legal advice.
Maybe you don't notice it, but a wrong advice can people bring in trouble. Regards Reiner On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:25:44 +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> | While it may be seen as distateful to make modifications to > BSD-licensed >> | code, and place those modifications under the GPL or a similar "share >> | alike" license, based upon what I understand of copyright law, it's >> | perfectly legal. Even though BSD-style licenses are compatible with > the >> | GPL, there are perfectly acceptable social goals achieved only by >> | releasing under the GPL or a similar license. >> >> I'd say that it goes against the GPL. Yes, the GPL, not the BSD >> license (or the ISC license), GPL. Theo already quoted the relevant >> bits, but I'll quote them again : >> >> For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether >> gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights > that >> you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the >> source code. And you must show them these terms so they know their >> rights. > > 1. that's in the preamble, which establishes the spirit > 2. 4 paragraphs below you read: > > The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and > modification follow. > > 3. later on you learn the "precise term" which is "under the terms of this > License" > > So no, you're wrong. Don't bother defending your point of view, it's a > waste > of time to both of us, more to you who will write it. :) > > Rui > > -- > P'tang! > Today is Sweetmorn, the 37th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3173 > + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown > + Whatever you do will be insignificant, > | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi > + So let's do it...?
