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In article <local.mail.freebsd-chat/20011217163252$2c99@prism.net> you write:
>At 01:27 AM 12/17/2001, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>>> Not true. The FreeBSD Project would be obliged to license the entire
>>> kernel -- source and binary -- under the GPL.
>>
>>That is a complete and utter contradiction of what Stallman said.  I
>>see that you carefully removed his words:
>>
>>> The kernel code released under the revised BSD license will continue
>>> to be under the revised BSD license; it is only the *combination as
>>> a whole* that will be covered by the GPL--if and when the
>>> GPL-covered code is included in it.
>
>That's right. That means that every FreeBSD CD-ROM must be GPLed.
>So must the kernel as a whole.

It seems that what you are saying here is that since the FreeBSD
cd-rom contains some GPL code in source form, instantly, everything 
else on the cdrom also falls under the GPL license.

Sorry, this is wrong, and just ridiculous.  The GPL only comes into
play if the resultant product (kernel BINARY) contains GPL code.  The 
product here is the program, not the cd-rom.  AFAIK, FreeBSD does NOT
ship any GENERIC kernel containing GPL'd bits.
-- 
Jonathan

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