On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:23:29PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > Jarno Elonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I have a package that combines MIT/BSD-new code and GPL code, shall I > > include both license texts or simply replace the BSD text (save the > > copyright notice) with a GPL blurp? > > Include both, in my opinion.
I agree. The MIT license says that the permission text must appear in the software. > > (And in case that's too easy, what if the previously MIT/BSD'd code is > > mixed > > inseparably with the GPL'd code?) > > Can two pieces of code ever be inseperable? > > Do you mean you don't know which bits have whose copyright? Yow! That's not particularly hard or unusual; just merge two people's code together and let it go through a year or two of refactoring. You can't just leave it in the sun and let one person's code evaporate so you can get the rest. :) -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
