Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:42:52 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Wasting our Freedom |
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:33:52AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: > On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> wrote: > >> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:15:31 -0400 >> Jason Dixon <jason@dixongroup.net> wrote: >> >>> Sure it does. My code under BSD license continues to remain free, >>> regardless of what Company X(1) does with their *copy* of my code. >>> The only restrictions on my code is that copyright and attribution >>> must remain intact. All users of my code have the same rights, >>> regardless of what Company X does with their *copy*. >>> >>> The GPL places additional restrictions on code. It is therefore less >>> free than the BSD. >>> >>> Free code + restrictions = non-free code. >>> >>> (1) GPL advocates deep-down really like the BSD license. >>> Unfortunately, they keep getting hung up on the idea of the Evil >>> Corporation (TM) "stealing" my code. Nobody has stolen anything. >>> That corporation is entitled to the same rights as Joe User. Neither >>> EC or JU are required to redistribute any of their changes to their >>> *copy* of my code. They are only required to keep attribution >>> intact. Does that make MY CODE any less free? OF COURSE NOT! >> >> Your post is incredibly ironic considering how up in arms all the >> BSD folks are right now. Many of them claiming that their code >> is being "stolen". > > They did not KEEP ATTRIBUTION INTACT.
This was a mistake in one patch that had never been merged, and this mistake has been corrected once it was discovered.
> Jason Dixon
cu Adrian
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