Re: compatibility of bsd and gpl

2006-10-18 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Matthew Wala wrote: > >And people can copy&paste > >that code out of your project and reuse it elsewhere under > >the original (BSD) terms. > Doesn't section 2b say that projects reusing BSD code from a GPL'd > project have to be GPL'd? The GPL applies to the combination of the old BSD code and th

Re: compatibility of bsd and gpl

2006-10-17 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Matthew Wala wrote: >> And people can copy&paste >> that code out of your project and reuse it elsewhere under >> the original (BSD) terms. > Doesn't section 2b say that projects reusing BSD code from a GPL'd > project have to be GPL'd? No. This is a matter of identifying the individual works ma

Re: compatibility of bsd and gpl

2006-10-17 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Matthew Wala wrote: > The new BSD (meaning, without the forced-advertising clause) > and GPL licenses are considered compatible, but how are the > requirements of the BSD license satisfied when BSD licensed code is > included in GPL projects (eg, the Linux kernel)? (1) Include the copyright no

Re: compatibility of bsd and gpl

2006-10-17 Thread Matthew Wala
And people can copy&paste that code out of your project and reuse it elsewhere under the original (BSD) terms. Doesn't section 2b say that projects reusing BSD code from a GPL'd project have to be GPL'd? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: compatibility of bsd and gpl

2006-10-11 Thread MJ Ray
Markus Laire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't see there anything which says anything like BSD[2] clause 3: > : Neither the name of the nor the names of its contributors > : may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software > : without specific prior written permission. > > Is the

Re: compatibility of bsd and gpl

2006-10-10 Thread Lewis Jardine
Markus Laire wrote: On 10/9/06, Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matthew Wala wrote: > Is clause 3 of the BSD license ("The name of the author...") GPL-compatible? Yes, because GPL article 1 has a corresponding requirement. I don't see any such requirement in GPLv2[1] article 1: I

Re: compatibility of bsd and gpl

2006-10-10 Thread Markus Laire
On 10/9/06, Arnoud Engelfriet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matthew Wala wrote: > Is clause 3 of the BSD license ("The name of the author...") GPL-compatible? Yes, because GPL article 1 has a corresponding requirement. So there is no conflict in licensing terms, and therefore you can release the wh

Re: compatibility of bsd and gpl

2006-10-09 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Matthew Wala wrote: > The new BSD and GPL licenses are considered compatible, but how are the > requirements of the BSD license satisfied when BSD licensed code is included > in GPL projects (eg, the Linux kernel)? Keep the copyright notices on all BSD source code and keep the BSD license text an

compatibility of bsd and gpl

2006-10-09 Thread Matthew Wala
The new BSD and GPL licenses are considered compatible,  but how are the requirements of the BSD license satisfied when BSD licensed code is included in GPL projects (eg, the Linux kernel)?Is clause 3 of the BSD license ("The name of the author...") GPL-compatible?