Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:09:30 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL nonsense: time to stop Message-ID: <20011221150930.A78601@prism.flugsvamp.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011221131016.00d3dcc0@localhost> References: <local.mail.freebsd-chat/Pine.LNX.4.43.0112181134500.21473-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <local.mail.freebsd-chat/20011218110645.A2061@tisys.org> <200112182010.fBIKA9739621@prism.flugsvamp.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011218180720.00d6e520@localhost> <20011219091631.Q377@prism.flugsvamp.com> <0en10ey5jo.10e@localhost.localdomain> <20011219215548.D76354@prism.flugsvamp.com> <lpellpwlhe.llp@localhost.localdomain> <20011220171739.J26326@prism.flugsvamp.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20011221131016.00d3dcc0@localhost>
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 01:15:02PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 04:17 PM 12/20/2001, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > >Sorry, but you're forgetting one simple fact: as the Author, I maintain > >all Copyrights. So my original work by itself is (and cannot be) tainted > >by the GPL unless I reassign the copyright. This *IS* well tested > >international copyright law. (Berne Convention) > > Jonathan: > > This is, alas, not quite true. Let's take the example of Linux syslogd. > It was based on Berkeley syslogd, written by Eric Allman, and the man > page credits him and other contributors. But the code has been thoroughly > commmingled with GPLed additions and modifications, and there is nothing > in the code to indicate which parts are GPLed and which are not. It is > thus effectively GPLed. No, Brett, that's not what I said. I said that the *ORIGINAL* work by *itself* is not and cannot be tainted by the GPL. Yes, I agree with you here that the Linux syslogd (a derivative of Allman's original work) is tainted (by some definition of taint) by the GPL. But the original pre-GPL work, which probably still is available in an archive somewhere, is not GPL'd. Gary does not seem to understand this. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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