Suppose I distribute a library that is under my own copyright,
yet carries a BSD-like license.
Suppose you then come along and take my library, and a GPLed
library, link both of them together into a new program of yours.
The FSF says that the entire code now
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Suppose I distribute a library that is under my own
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NOT(FSF=GPL)
NOT(NOT(FSF=GPL))
Politically, the two are the same - the FSF owns copyright on the GPL
itself,
they can change it anytime they want - thus the GPL says what the FSF
wants
it to say.
Then why is the copyright on the current
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Legally, no, but that doesen't count
when the press
Legally, no, but that doesen't count
when the press is interviewing Eric Raymond for the
bazillonth time. And
it is those interviews that do the damage, not the legalities.
Well, that explains a lot.
You know, you don't have to jump either left or right
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On Thursday 19 May 2005 03:06, Daniel S. Wilkerson wrote:
I have a rather
IANAL, etc.
But if we're going into this anyway, here's an interesting
point that people
tend to dabble about: One common misperception even in the
*BSD world IMHO is
that if you use and alter GPL code you have to release your
work under GPL
also. I don't
On Thu, 19 May 2005, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Suppose I distribute a library that is under my own copyright,
yet carries a BSD-like license.
Suppose you then come along and take my library, and a GPLed
library, link both of them together into a new program of yours.
The FSF says that the
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Subject: RE: BSD legal question
On Thu, 19 May 2005, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote
I have a rather strange legal question that I'm not sure who to ask of; it
is about GPL vs. BSD but not about the FreeBSD project directly. Asking
someone at the university is the last thing I want to do. Do you have
someone who answers legal questions? It is rather pro-BSD so I didn't
want to
On Wed, 18 May 2005, Daniel S. Wilkerson wrote:
I have a rather strange legal question that I'm not sure who to ask of; it
I am no Lawyer, but my understanding of GPL vs BSD is more or less..
GPL - You can change the code, but have to give back your changes
BSD - You can take the code and do as
Francisco Reyes wrote:
BSD - You can take the code and do as you please. No need to even give
back the changes you made.
Although you DO need to carry the accreditation.
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On Wed, 18 May 2005 18:06:39 -0700
"Daniel S. Wilkerson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
I have a rather strange legal question that I'm not sure who to ask of;
IMHO, legal questions are always strange. In the best of circumstances,
our modern lawyers believe that legal language
On Thu, 19 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Francisco Reyes wrote:
BSD - You can take the code and do as you please. No need to even give back
the changes you made.
Although you DO need to carry the accreditation.
Wasn't that restriction later removed too?
On Thursday 19 May 2005 03:06, Daniel S. Wilkerson wrote:
I have a rather strange legal question that I'm not sure who to ask of; it
is about GPL vs. BSD but not about the FreeBSD project directly. Asking
someone at the university is the last thing I want to do. Do you have
someone who
On Thursday 19 May 2005 04:32, Francisco Reyes wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Francisco Reyes wrote:
BSD - You can take the code and do as you please. No need to even give
back the changes you made.
Although you DO need to carry the accreditation.
Wasn't that
On May 18, 2005, at 8:08 PM, Danny Pansters wrote:
On Thursday 19 May 2005 04:32, Francisco Reyes wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Francisco Reyes wrote:
BSD - You can take the code and do as you please. No need to
even give
back the changes you made.
Although you DO need to
On May 18, 2005, at 8:08 PM, Danny Pansters wrote:
On Thursday 19 May 2005 04:32, Francisco Reyes wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Francisco Reyes wrote:
BSD - You can take the code and do as you please. No need to
even give
back the changes you made.
Although you DO need to
On May 18, 2005, at 10:17 PM, Matthew Navarre wrote:
On May 18, 2005, at 8:08 PM, Danny Pansters wrote:
On Thursday 19 May 2005 04:32, Francisco Reyes wrote:
On Thu, 19 May 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Francisco Reyes wrote:
BSD - You can take the code and do as you please. No need to
even
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