From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 07:44:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778B516A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:44:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 77C9A43D64 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:44:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from uebs@gmx.at) Received: (qmail 7627 invoked by uid 0); 25 Oct 2004 07:44:36 -0000 Received: from 195.248.32.227 by www44.gmx.net with HTTP; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:44:36 +0200 (MEST) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:44:36 +0200 (MEST) From: "Philipp Huber" To: Graham Bentley , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3.0.6.32.20041025084122.007cdb50@mail.uk2.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #1591308 Message-ID: <10582.1098690276@www44.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: GPL vs BSD Licence X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:44:38 -0000 > But equally important is the ability to join back forks, when/if some > group finds the right solution to a problem. And that's where the > GPL comes in: you can really think of the whole license as nothing > more than a requirement to be able to re-join a forked project from > either side. i don't really get what the gpl or bsd license has to do with rejoining forks. why shouldn't bsd licensed projects be able to refork in case... -- Geschenkt: 3 Monate GMX ProMail + 3 Ausgaben der TV Movie mit DVD ++++ Jetzt anmelden und testen http://www.gmx.net/de/go/mail ++++