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Date:      Tue, 9 Feb 1999 19:10:59 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net>
To:        tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        dyson@iquest.net, lcremean@tidalwave.net, brett@lariat.org, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, licia@o-o.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: GPL *again* (was: New CODA release)
Message-ID:  <199902100010.TAA61330@y.dyson.net>
In-Reply-To: <199902092106.OAA01631@usr02.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Feb 9, 99 09:05:59 pm"

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Terry Lambert said:
> > The standard BSD license is already poison pilled.  In fact, it is quite fair
> > by requiring attribution.  Just be sure to provide an extra 20-30K of CDROM
> > space for attribution. :-).
> 
> Wrong.
> 
> http://sleepycat.com/license.net
> 
> Only the GPL prevents BSD licensed code from being virulized; other
> licenses are not so kind as to exclude themselves from contaminating
> BSD licensed code.
> 
Well, I tend to think in terms of GPL, simply because it is predominant.  In the
general case of poison pill-ing, you probably have to tune it on a per license
basis.  Maybe I was wrong in thinking that the context was GPL?

-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@iquest.net      | it makes one look stupid
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.

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