Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 00:01:19 +1000 From: Ian Pulsford <ianjp@optusnet.com.au> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Abuses of the BSD license? Message-ID: <3CAEFFAF.5C31E634@optusnet.com.au> References: <200204051922.06556@silver.dt1.binity.net> <3CAE7037.801FB15F@optusnet.com.au> <3CAEA028.186ED53E@optusnet.com.au> <xzpd6xdqboj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Software under the two- or three-clause BSD license can be relicensed > under the GPL provided the copyright is maintained. Software under > the four-clause BSD license can't because the advertising clause > conflicts with the GPL's "no additional restrictions" clause. License can only be granted by the copyright holder. The BSD licence I outlined (and the BSD licence with the "advertising clause") don't mention anywhere that license (ie. permission) is given to add extra licences. If license isn't given then you have to assume that is not part of the licence. If I buy a CD and nowhere is it mentioned that I am not allowed to copy and redistribute it, I don't automatically have a licence to do that. Note, this doesn't make the BSD licence any more strict in that you cannot incorporate it in your software, just that wholesale copying without retaining the licence is illegal. Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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