> > > 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
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joel
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 2:40 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: BSD legal question
>
>
> > Legally, no, but that
[...]
> > 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 c
> -Original Message-
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>
> > > > Suppose I d
> > > 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
> -Original Message-
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> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 6:36 AM
> To: Ted Mittelstaedt
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> Subject: RE: BSD legal question
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>
> On Thu,
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 tha
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
> -Original Message-
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 7:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: BSD legal question
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>
> On Thursday 19 May 2005 03:06, Daniel S. Wi
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 g
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 c
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 c
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.
>
> Wa
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 an
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 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 sho
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, 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 you
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