Redistributions must retain this list of conditions

John Cowan jcowan at reutershealth.com
Mon Nov 12 23:06:38 UTC 2001


Paul Guyot wrote:


> The big problem is BSD requiring to retain the list of conditions. Here 
> as well, we're back to the subject of the thread. If it didn't require 
> this, I agree that it would be fully compatible with the GPL (with 
> section 1 of the GPL allowing to keep copyright & disclaimer from the BSD).


Ah, okay.  Section 1 also requires you to keep the license with the
software; keeping the BSD license with BSD software (and that's all
the BSD license *is*, conditions and copyright and disclaimer) doesn't
seem like much of a stretch.

-- 
Not to perambulate             || John Cowan <jcowan at reutershealth.com>
    the corridors               || http://www.reutershealth.com
during the hours of repose     || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
    in the boots of ascension.  \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel

--
license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3



More information about the License-discuss mailing list