On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 5:14 PM, barry bouwsma <free_beer_for_all@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --- On Sun, 9/14/08, Steven Toth <stoth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> is that the BSD folks can't port the GPL license into BSD because it's >> not compatible. > > I don't want to see any religious war here (trimmed to dvb > list), but... > I totally agree here, I won't reply anyone who's jumping onto religious wars here, since this is not the topic why it's getting supported. Both use the same community applications which are available which is good, so there's some competition about getting things done in the end. > There is GPL code distributed as part of *BSD sources, > as you can see by reading the licensing in, for example, > $ ls /lost+found/CVSUP/BSD/FreeBSD.cvs/src/sys/gnu/dev/sound/pci/ > Attic emu10k1-alsa.h,v maestro3_reg.h,v p17v-alsa.h,v > csaimg.h,v maestro3_dsp.h,v p16v-alsa.h,v > also alsa-oss compat layer in Linux, though I don't want to get deeper into it :-) Markus > >> I owe it to myself to spend somehime reading the BSD licencing. Maybe >> the GPL is compatible with BSD. > > It all depends on the intended use -- whether for optional > kernel components as above. In the distributions, though, > it's kept separated. > > It's also possible to dual-licence source, and I see a good > number of such files in NetBSD under, as an example, > /lost+found/CVSUP/BSD/NetBSD.cvs/src/sys/dev/ic/ > > > There will be plenty of misinformation and FUD about which > licensing is better, and I don't want to hear any more such. > Or debates. Or evangelism. Or anything. > > The different BSDen will handle GPLed code differently. > > (By the way, it is possible to completely build NetBSD from > within Linux, though the DVB code hasn't been merged as of > this morning my time, if someone with *BSD familiarity here > wants to think about considering maybe playing with it later > sometime, perhaps, maybe) > > > thanks, > barry bouwsma > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
