> > Hello, > > Someone on IRC just posted this link http://www.delilinux.de/oksh/ , seems > > like someone ported OpenBSD ksh to Linux and licensed it under GPLv3. Isn't > > this a license violation? > > See /usr/src/bin/ksh/LEGAL. > > People can do just about whatever they want with public domain code, > including slapping a license on it. Anyone foolish (or lazy) enough > to derive code from the licenses derivative deserves the license they > get.
But some parts of OpenBSD's ksh are BSD-licensed files, which did not come from pdksh initially. Relicensing these files under GPLv3 is only possible if their authors gave permission. Miod
