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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:29:23 +0000
From:      Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Design a journalled file system
Message-ID:  <20010227192923.I609@hand.dotat.at>
In-Reply-To: <200102270346.UAA10815@usr05.primenet.com>
References:  <v04220802b6c061bdaf79@[194.78.241.124]> <200102270346.UAA10815@usr05.primenet.com>

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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote:
>
>Because you can't ditribute a FreeBSD kernel with GPL'ed code
>linked into it legally, due to the GPL disallowing distribution
>of the code with non-GPL'ed code.

That is incorrect. The restriction is on distributing GPLed code under
a licence that includes more restrictions than the GPL; since the BSD
licence does not include restrictions outside the scope of the GPL you
can combine code under the two licences freely and distribute the
result under the GPL.

Tony.
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