Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:13:37 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Attempt to relicense BSD code under the GPL Message-ID: <4.1.19990118140907.0628fef0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199901182057.OAA02006@spawn.nectar.com> References: <4.1.19990118133648.064c47f0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118114510.0475fa90@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118095621.04517460@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118092136.0465ede0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118092136.0465ede0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118095621.04517460@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118114510.0475fa90@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990118133648.064c47f0@mail.lariat.org>
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At 02:57 PM 1/18/99 -0600, Jacques Vidrine wrote: >On 18 January 1999 at 13:40, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote: >[snip] >> Look at the site more closely. There are several examples of companies >> who have created specialized embedded OSes for their products using >> the kit. They're now out of luck.... They'd have to give away their >> hard work to keep doing it. > >What is your point? Those companies made a decision when they >selected software that is GPL'd. Again, read the Web site. They did NOT select software that was GPLed. The January 15th release of the OSKit is the first one that the University has released under the GPL. >A bad decision, IMO, and yours too, I would gather. Nope. I would never make such a decision. However, I am greatly concerned about the ugly trend toward "infection" of software by the GPL. >> The software was paid for by OUR money -- by a government grant. The >> University has no right to restrict our use of it. > >Again, this has nothing to do with BSD code being ``relicensed'' as >GPL code. Not directly. However, it is also true that a compilation including BSD code is being released under the GPL. >Not to mention the fact that your statement is absurd -- I suppose >that we American citizens should have full access to all code written >by the U.S. Government because we paid for it? Certainly if it is paid for by government grants to academic institutions. Where do you think BSD came from? >I asked for you to show me where any BSD code was being presented with >a GPL license (but you snipped that). No, I answered that. The work as a whole, which incorporates BSD code, is licensed under the GPL. And should not be. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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