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Re: GPL is like a cancer
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Thufir Hawat |
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Re: GPL is like a cancer |
Date: |
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:26:16 GMT |
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On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:32:26 +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>>
>> Rjack <user@example.net> writes:
>>
>> > "As we were going over the scan results I noticed a very interesting
>> > trend. The GPL licensed software tends to assimilate quite a bit of
>> > BSD-style and public domain source code. By including that other
>> > source code it ends up spreading like a cancer."
>> > http://questonsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/04/gpl-license-is-like-
cancer.html
>>
>> Hm? The whole point of BSD-style and public domain source code (and
>> what the proponents are proud about) is that it is _intended_ for
>> assimilation into differently licensed software.
>
> Hm? The whole point of the BSDL'd and the public domain source code is
> that it (original source code released under the BSDL or
> entered/dedicated/ in/to the public domain) is "_intended_" to remain
> under the BSDL and (respectively) the public domain.
What, precisely, prevents the GPL code from using BSD code (copy/paste)?
The inverse is prevented, however.
-Thufir
- GPL is like a cancer, Rjack, 2009/04/07
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, ray, 2009/04/07
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, dr_nikolaus_klepp, 2009/04/07
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, Lusotec, 2009/04/08
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, David Kastrup, 2009/04/14
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/04/14
- Re: GPL is like a cancer,
Thufir Hawat <=
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, Rjack, 2009/04/16
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, Rahul Dhesi, 2009/04/17
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, Rjack, 2009/04/16
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/04/16
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, none of your buisiness, 2009/04/17
- Re: GPL is like a cancer, Rjack, 2009/04/16