Re: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing

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From: Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Date: Monday, September 3, 2007 - 12:42 am

On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 12:35:18AM -0400, Dave Anderson wrote:

The basis of your argument is thinking the copyright notice is anything
more than (c) years, Fu Bar is mandatory and unchangeable.

It is incorrect. The copyright notice is *only* (c) years, Fu Bar
All rest is informational.

Then a choice of licenses is offered to the receiver. If he only uses the
software, neither affects him, but if he distributes, he either does it
under the terms of the GPL v2 or under the terms of the BSD, or just as
dual licensed. Actually, strictly speaking, the word *alternatively* might
be interpreted in a more radical way as meaning you can't distribute in a
dual licensed form, but I don't subscribe that.

If he does distribute under the GNU GPL v2 and doesn't remove the licensed
under the BSD, he's not being honest.


Actually, you do really have to try hard to justify *your* interpretation,
since the meaning of *alternatively* and what a copyright notice is, is
a little beyond reality.


I actually think it's unethical to give a gift virtually without strings
attached and then crying like a baby because people don't give back
anything.

Rui

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