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Would BSD license become GPL?

Would BSD license become GPL?

Posted Dec 23, 2003 9:27 UTC (Tue) by proski (subscriber, #104)
In reply to: Would BSD license become GPL? by zakaelri
Parent article: The Free Software Act (Groklaw)

I think article 2 may prevent opt-out. It could be argued in court that derived software is free software in modified form.


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Would BSD license become GPL?

Posted Feb 8, 2005 6:16 UTC (Tue) by zakaelri (guest, #17928) [Link]

The point I was attempting to illustrate was that the BSD would not be
forced to become GPL-esque if the act was passed. By declaring itself
"more free" than is stipulated by the act, BSD would forfeit all claims to
protection provided by the act.

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