Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 2nd Sep 2007 15:46 UTC, submitted by anonymous
OpenBSD project creator Theo de Raadt detailed his concerns regarding BSD-licensed code and Dual-BSD/GPL-licensed code being re-licensed under only the GPL (as previously discussed): "Honestly, I was greatly troubled by the situation, because even people like Alan Cox were giving other Linux developers advice to... Break the law. And furthermore, there are even greater potential risks for how the various communities interact." Regarding the concern that the BSD license allows companies to steal code, Theo reflected: "GPL fans said the great problem we would face is that companies would take our BSD code, modify it, and not give back. Nope - the great problem we face is that people would wrap the GPL around our code, and lock us out in the same way that these supposed companies would lock us out."
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RE[4]: cant argue with this...
by Crono on Tue 4th Sep 2007 00:45
in reply to "RE[3]: cant argue with this..."
Member since:2006-11-08
Reyk Floeter's code was never dual licensed. It was always BSD and BSD only.
That's probably why the diff on the damn LKML had the dual-licensed-clause already in it! DUH
Here's the diff for you. The clause is already in it. And it says alternatively (see above)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/28/157
I don't really care if the code was ORIGINALLY under a BSD-only license. The code that was used in the Linux-diver was already the dual-licensed one and Jiri changed it to the GPL-license since the text ALLOWS EXACTLY THAT THING.
I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad idea to to this, but it definately is completely legal.
Edited 2007-09-04 00:59
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ALTERNATIVELY
Reyk Floeter's code was never dual licensed. It was always BSD and BSD only.