Re: Question about the old BSD license and GPL (gtkipmsg)

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> immo vero scripsit

> This is because a project containing code under both licenses would impose
> both sets of license restrictions on people.  The GPL, however, is not
> miscible with license that impose any more restrictions than it does
> itself.
> 
> Thus, the old BSD license is not compatible with the GPL.

Thanks for this explanation, I have been quite unclear on how it was
incompatible..

> Note that all code with the old BSD license and copyrighted by the Regents
> of the University of California, has been categorically relicensed with the
> old clause 3 removed.  

Yes, this leaves third party people who have created a derivative license 
with replacing the name of copyright holders.

thanks,
	junichi


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