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Date:      06 Apr 2002 14:00:28 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Ian Pulsford <ianjp@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Abuses of the BSD license?
Message-ID:  <xzpd6xdqboj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <3CAEA028.186ED53E@optusnet.com.au>
References:  <200204051922.06556@silver.dt1.binity.net> <3CAE7037.801FB15F@optusnet.com.au> <3CAEA028.186ED53E@optusnet.com.au>

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Ian Pulsford <ianjp@optusnet.com.au> writes:
> It is commonly spouted in Linux forums that you take BSD licensed code
> and do what you want with it including putting into your GPL project
> under a GPL license.  On looking closer at the "simplified" license I
> don't see anywhere that it says you can freely relicense code under
> another license.

Software under the two- or three-clause BSD license can be relicensed
under the GPL provided the copyright is maintained.  Software under
the four-clause BSD license can't because the advertising clause
conflicts with the GPL's "no additional restrictions" clause.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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