Re: [dev] arrow in the knee because of the GNU GPL???

From: Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:33:49 +0100

On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 08:24:23AM +0900, Philip Rushik wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org> wrote:
> > I am confused. The BSD 3-Clause License[0] states the following:
> >
> > "Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> > modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:"
> >
> > Specifically in regards to binary redistribution:
> >
> > "2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> > documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution."
> >
> > The MIT/X license allows for this as well.
> >
> > Am I missing something here?
>
> If I release some code under BSD/MIT, on say, my website, then
> somebody takes my code, compiles it and offers that binary form on
> their website, then the code is still freely available on my website,
> they haven't made it non-free. They can't make me stop offering the
> source code, the law would protect me if they tried.

Ah, of course yes. Sorry too late for me.
Received on Thu Jun 26 2014 - 01:33:49 CEST