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From: mrs@kithrup.com (Mike Stump)
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd.
Message-ID: <DJrtsq.9Es@kithrup.com>
References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <DJ6y7H.MIE@kroete2.freinet.de> <4a6fgo$6lg@agate.berkeley.edu> <DJ8xE2.2K9@kroete2.freinet.de>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 07:22:01 GMT
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In article <DJ8xE2.2K9@kroete2.freinet.de>,
Erik Corry <erik@kroete2.freinet.de> wrote:
>This means the product cannot be released under both the BSD and
>the GPL licenses, since the BSD license imposes a further
>restriction on the recipient.

Taken at face value, this statement is not correct.  An author can
release his code under both the GPL and the BSD copyright.

You will not be able to cite a law that disallows it.

An author, for what ever reasons he wants, can choose to _not_ release
his software under both, if he chooses.  Just because he chooses not
to, doesn't mean it cannot be done.