Re: Looking for an open source license..

[John Hasler]

David Kastrup writes:
> The original copyright owner is still able to sue if his software is used
> without license.  The license he granted to the person using it in the
> GPLed software (which might have been bought at a high price) does not
> magically extend to third recipients unless the redistributor chooses to
> sublicense under BSD.

>From the BSD license:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.

Thus when you distribute a program that includes BSD-licensed material (and
comply with the license) you are distributing that material under the terms
of the BSD license.
-- 
John Hasler 
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA