-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 9/28/07, Aaron Toponce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is quite the uproar as of late about whether or not you can strip > a BSD license from it's software, and relicense it as GPL, or some other > license. > > Theo DeRaadt, the king of controversy, is at it again, raising Cain, and > making his voice heard. In his latest stunt, he actually makes a valid > point, even if he is untactful about it. The problem is this: some > people think that the BSD license means you can take the code, > distribute it in binary or source form, and strip the BSD license. > > The point he's is making, I think, is that you can take BSD code, and > wrap it in the GPL, like in the case of the Linux kernel, but you must > keep the BSD license in tact. He's pointing fingers saying this isn't > necessarily the case, that Linux kernel developers are stripping the BSD > license from their code, and relicensing it. This is clearly in > violation of the law. The post can be read in full here: > > http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/openbsd-misc/2007/9/1/153822 > > Thoughts? Comments?
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