Dave Jones apparently doesn't think BSD is GPL-compatibleeither...

Johan Adolfsson Johan.Adolfsson at axis.com
Mon Aug 14 09:30:39 UTC 2006


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Landley" <rob at landley.net>
To: <busybox at busybox.net>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: Dave Jones apparently doesn't think BSD is
GPL-compatibleeither...


> On Sunday 13 August 2006 4:01 am, Glenn L McGrath wrote:
> > On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:17:40 -0400
> > Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:
> >
> > > http://kernelslacker.livejournal.com/48630.html
> > >
> > > See the comments.
> > >
> > > Yeah, we need to rewrite some of the BusyBox apps for 1.3...

Why take his statement so seriously?


> > I would have thought, "must retain the above copyright notice" might
> > have a different meaning than say, licenced under the above terms.
>
> The GPL says you can't add additional restrictions.

Having to retain the Copyright notice is not an additional restriction
compared to the GPL, you have to do that in the GPL as well.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses

/Johan





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