Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:51:40 +0200 | | From | Adrian Bunk <> | | Subject | Re: Wasting our Freedom |
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On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 06:35:12PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 05:29:56PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > > > >... > > > Again, one more time: > > > > > > 1) You can obtain, from the GPL, the right to remove a BSD > > > license notice. > > >... > > > I hope noone believes this bullshit you are spreading. > > How do you figure? > > > When you incorporate BSD licenced code into a GPL'ed project it's > > impossible that the GPL could give you any permission to remove the > > BSD licence notice. > > That's right. I never said otherwise. I did not say that under all conceivable circumstances, the GPL gives you the right to remove a BSD license notice. >...
You did say otherwise.
Your claim was that "You can obtain, *from the GPL*, the right to remove a BSD license notice."
This claim is bullshit.
You can get this right from the copyright holder, e.g. when he dual-licenced his code, but you can not get this right from the GPL.
> DS
cu Adrian
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