Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 16:46:58 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, regnauld@ftf.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oh my, penguins are a'comin': DebianBSD Message-ID: <199907221646.JAA06220@usr05.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990720114545.00a91670@localhost> from "Brett Glass" at Jul 20, 99 11:49:43 am
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> >I fully support getting the best bits to the most people, and I > >don't give a damn who pushes those bits under what cover, so > >long as the chosen cover doesn't reduce the possible total we > >can count when we say "the most people" (e.g. "but not you, Bob; > >you're an evil capitalist, and we hate you"). > > The problem is that, if BSD code (or even extensions to it) wind up > under the GPL, this is exactly what happens! What can be done > about this? BSD code, other than that distributed under Jordan's modified UCB license, which eliminates the claim credit clause, can not be GPL'ed, period. It conflicts with clause 6b of the GPL as an additional restriction. Also you are unlikely to find a commercial organization willing to allow their proprietary code to be GPL'ed, even if they decide to "Open Source" it, for reasons of patent rights dilution, if for no other. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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