License Committee Report for July 2007

[Brendan Scott]

John Cowan wrote:
> Brendan Scott scripsit:
> 
>> "But when you distribute the same sections as part of a whole which
>> is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be
>> on the terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees
>> extend to the entire whole, *and thus to each and every part regardless
>> of who wrote it.*"
> 
> Permissions, yes.  All the parts must offer the permissions of the GPLv2.
> But it is not required that all the parts likewise impose the restrictions
> of the GPLv2, only that the work as a whole do so.

Assuming, for the sake of argument, that it only applies to permissions...

If you concede that the GPLv2 permissions apply to each part, including the BSD part, aren't you also conceding that there is relicensing of the BSD part?


Brendan