[BSD style license and GPL]

Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>  wrote:

Colin> El JoPe Magnifico wrote:

>> Okay, unrelated question: What is the protocol for use of
>> Linux code in BSD, and vice versa?  There seems to be
>> some desire on both sides for discourse, but I'm not
>> informed well enough on the intricacies of the respective
>> camps' licenses to understand what's involved.  If
>> there's a convenient URL you can point me toward, that
>> would be great, because I'd really rather not start a
>> flame war, as there also seem to be some pretty
>> confrontational opinions floating about.

Colin> Basically, it comes down to this: GPL'd source code
Colin> requires that the source code be distributed along
Colin> with any binaries generated at minimal cost (i.e. I
Colin> think you can charge for the media).  Any code which
Colin> uses already GPL'd code must also be freely
Colin> redistributed (basically, it also has to be under the
Colin> GPL).

(snip)

It'd be good that this question and answer go into somewhere
of FAQ.  After release of the source code of Mozilla, this
issue comes relatively often several mail lists and
newsgroups which I subscribe.

Also, there are some URLs about this.

http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/

Any comments/thoughts are appreciated.

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SUNAGAWA Keiki <kei@ps.yokogawa.co.jp>
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