Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:53:11 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why GPLing BSD-license code spells trouble Message-ID: <199901190253.UAA05775@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> of "Tue, 19 Jan 1999 01:27:18 %2B0100." <19990119012718.C42642@bitbox.follo.net>
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Eivind Eklund writes: > You can infer from GPL section 6/8, GPL section 3 (with attention to > subclause b), and the BSD license clause 2. > > I'm not reproducing the relevant parts here, due to the extreme amount > of rambling in the GPL. Lines 6 and 7 of /usr/src/gnu/COPYING state: ] Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies ] of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. So strictly by the terms of GPL I violated it by distributing only those two lines. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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