On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 06:14:09PM -0300, Andr?s wrote: > On Dec 2, 2007 5:42 PM, Marco S Hyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Miod Vallat writes: > > > But some parts of OpenBSD's ksh are BSD-licensed files, which did not > > > come from pdksh initially. > > > > That's not what /usr/src/bin/ksh/LEGAL states, but I didn't look > > further. OK, looking I see that alloc.c and mknod.c have copyrights. > > > > > Relicensing these files under GPLv3 is only possible if their authors > > > gave permission. > > > > Very true. Were they relicensed, or tossed and re-written from > > scratch? > > > > // marc > > > > > > As far as I can see, a COPYING file (containing the GPLv3) was placed > along the others files of OpenBSD's ksh. The license of alloc.c, for > example, has not been modified.
None of the licenses have actually been modified. The fact that there is a COPYING file added which contains a copy of the GPLv3 seems harmless, but is confusing. Ivo
