[openbeos] Re: 4-clause BSD license
- From: Ar18@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:49:25 +0000
I'm a free source purist (MIT/BSD/public domain), so people think I'm probably
crazy when I talk about the GPL.
So, anyways, does the license mean that if you integrate some GPL code into
your project (whether it be a self contained library or not), then your entire
project that uses that GPL code must be GPLed? However, if you simply take a
program that was GPLed (whether you worked on it and made a new program out of
it or not) and distributed it along with other stuff that was not GPLed, then
the other stuff would not have to be GPLed in the distribution?
Rather difficult .... I guess I need to find someone who really understands the
license and ask them (and maybe post back here).
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jonas Buckner" <MouriceNo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> If the GPL did that, it would conflict with parts 1 and 9 of the open
> source definition, with which it complies.
>
> Part 2b only applies to the portion of the code that was originally
> released under the GPL.
>
> All that having GPLed code in our tree should is prevent redistributors
> from closing the source to those portions of Haiku.
>
> While this may not be the most desirable situation (since a few of us
> are MIT/BSD purists :), it certainly won't require a GPLed distribution
> of Haiku.
>
> That's been my understanding of it, anyway. Feel free to make fun of me
> if I'm wrong.
>
> -- Jonas B.
>
> On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:32:47 +0000, Ar18@xxxxxxxxxxx said:
> > I hope it wouldn't be rude to follow up on this. This issue can easily
> > get out of hand, as you know. :)
> > Anyways, when you mentioned GPL code, was it stuff that was just on the
> > site for other purposes or code intended to be part of the Haiku
> > distribution (like for a CD)?
> >
> > I realize that GPL code on a site along with non GPL code could be ok....
> > However, if the code is gonna be included with a Haiku distribution (aka
> > on a CD), it will force the entire distribution into the GPL -- not the
> > code on the site, but the CD you are distributing... (which is rather
> > unsettling to me as I was expecting a non-GPLed distribution of Haiku to
> > be available).
> >
>
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