Re: New Software License idea: "The Freedom License."

[Peter Jensen]

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Karen Hill wrote:

[Snip - trolling]

> PART 4.  THE SOLUTION.
>
> The Freedom License is the BSD License with 3 additional Clauses.
>
> Clause Number One:
>
> When software licensed under the Freedom License is modified and then
> relicensed under the GPL, that new derived software will be dual
> licensed with the Freedom License being the second license in addition
> to the GPL.  This preserves the Freedom to do whatever one wants with
> the software as envisioned by the BSD license.
>
> Clause Number Two.
>
> If you link you GPL software to a Freedom Licensed software and you
> own the copyright to the GPL software, the linked result will also be
> dual licensed in both the GPL and the Freedom License.
>
> Clause Number Three
>
> If you create derived work from the Freedom License and license it
> under the GPL, it will also be licensed dually to use both the GPL and
> Freedom License.

I know that this is just a troll attempting to stir up trouble, but I
may as well point out that this "license" is incompatible with the GPL,
in that it imposes additional restrictions.  It is therefore entirely
irrelevant as it only differs from the BSD license in its restrictions
on GPL use, while GPL software cannot use software licensed under this
extremely non-free license in the first place.

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