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SubjectRe: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing
Constantine A. Murenin wrote:
> On 01/09/07, Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> wrote:
>> Jason Dixon wrote:
>>> Once the grantor (Reyk) releases his code under that license, it must
>>> remain. You are free to derive work and redistribute under your
>>> license, but the original copyright and license permission remains
>>> intact. Many other entities (Microsoft, Apple, Sun, etc) have used BSD
>>> code and have no problem understanding this. Why is this so difficult
>>> for the Linux brain share to absorb?
>> Why is it so difficult to understand dual licensing?
>
> Maybe because Reyk's code was never dual-licensed?

And yet a good portion of Theo's response, in particular his accusations
of Alan Cox exhorting people to break the law, were directly related to
dual licensing.

Jeff



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