Hi;<br><br>It is clear that Donovan and I disagree as to whehter one can effectively license a BSDL file copied verbatem under a new license. Of course, I will admit that there are plenty of other ways around the BSDL terms, such as NDA's etc. I will just point out that although it seems to be a perpetual argument on this list it is *very* important for the GPLv3 because of new clauses.
<br><br>I will let others read the clauses of the licenses for themselves as in my previous posts and make up their own minds. However, I think that it is dangerous to interpret any clause in a license as moot due to the question fo whether it can be meaningfully excersized. The question becomes really how much does the GPL require one to do to *dependant software* licensing terms. THese are not encumbered by the GPL licensor's copyrights and are affected by the license in unprecidented ways. I think the board needs to take that into account.
<br><br>Best WIshes,<br>Chris Travers<br>