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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.bc.net!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever Date: 4 Feb 1997 13:43:06 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <5d8aha$9hl@cynic.portal.ca> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <nVV8y0gTzX9Y091yn@ibm.net> <5ctv9v$ser@cynic.portal.ca> <D3P9y0gTzXhE091yn@ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156734 comp.os.linux.networking:67553 comp.os.linux.setup:95902 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2348 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:52098 comp.os.os2.advocacy:266201 In article <D3P9y0gTzXhE091yn@ibm.net>, Mouth of the South <mouth@ibm.net> wrote: >Reason it out. Mere knowledge that GPL mandates unrestricted access >to source code of derivative works while BSD doesn't means that the >two contradict each other on this point. So what you're saying is that because BSD licence merely allows, rather than forcing, you to redistribute source code, something can't be under both licences at once? The BSD licence does *not* say that you must be able to withhold the source code. It doesn't say anything at all about distribution of source code. The GPL says you must redistribute source code, and the BSD licence allows this. So there's no conflict. Again, I'd like to see the actual bit of text from a BSD licence that you think conflicts with the GNU licence. I think if you read the BSD licence carefully, you will find that there is no conflict. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.