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Re: Change from BSDL to GPL?



On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 11:00:11AM -0700, Bill Stouder-Studenmund wrote:
> 
> It turns out that Berkeley has changed the licesne on 4.4BSD-Lite, and you 
> can now mix it with GPL. So find a copy of 4.4BSD_Lite that has been 
> changed according to Berkeley's instructions and you're set.

Maybe you can, and maybe you can't.  One of the clauses of the GPL
prohibits "any other restrictions" -- you tell me just how another
legally binding license can be non-null and yet impose no restrictions.

Thor


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