Re: Is it _really_ dead?

[Anant Kabra <anantk@yahoo.com>]

Oh No!!! Do I smell smoke?

-- Anant

> > How does a BSD-type license allow licensing of the
> software to be changed?
> > 
> > Yes, someone can take a BSD-licensed code and
> change it and sell the
> > binaries without supplying the source and changes.
> But binary or source
> > distributions must include the BSD license.
> > http://www.debian.org/misc/bsd.license
> > 
> > Why does it matter? If someone takes the new
> BSD-licensed code used in a
> > DebianBSD and extends it and sells it, who cares?
> Anyways, Debian and
> > FreeBSD are already made up of a bunch of tools
> that have a variety of
> > licenses.
.
.
.
> 
> When you use BSD-licensed code you are bound to the
> clauses enumerated
> in the license, and none of those clauses prohibit
> further restriction
> of the code.
> 
> No, you can't remove the license, but you can in
> essence add another
> one onto it.


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