On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 14:42 -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 13:56, Richard Fontana <rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 01:06:50PM -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > >> The clause that causes GPL problems in the original BSD was the > >> following license terms: > >> > >> > >> 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must > >> display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed > >> by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors. > >> > >> > >> That would seem equivalent to > >> > >> > * 4. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following > >> > * acknowledgment: 'This product includes software developed by the > >> > * "Universidad de Palermo, Argentina" (http://www.palermo.edu/).' > >> > >> > >> so it would seem that your software is BSD with advertising clause. > > > > I don't agree that it is equivalent to BSD with advertising clause. > > The question is whether the acknowledgement clause makes the license > > GPL-incompatible in the same way that the advertising clause in the > > old BSD license made it GPL-incompatible. > > Ack.. and I forgot my IANL I am just trying to be helpful clause on my > email. My apologies for making things muddier. > > > > > Smooge: no need to apologize this list is often as clear as mud :) -Justin 'threethirty' O'Brien <- NAL _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
