On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 16:11 +0100, Mary Ellen Foster wrote: > [ Sorry, Ignacio, I initially sent this just to you ... ] > 2009/2/11 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Yes, and note the change in license, since not all the code is GPLed. > > But isn't a composite work made of GPL and BSD bits ultimately GPL? I > thought that's how it works, and Wikipedia seems to back me up > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License#Compatibility_and_multi-licensing), > although of course that's not authoritative. :) This specific scenario was a point of contention a while back, when Linux took some driver code from one of the *BSDs. The gist of it is that source code doesn't stop being BSD just because the binary is GPL. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet@xxxxxxxxx> PLEASE don't CC me; I'm already subscribed
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