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That is false. Free software includes BSD licenses. You are thinking of copyleft licenses.
by andreasvc 10y ago
That is false. Free software includes BSD licenses. You are thinking of copyleft licenses.
- hughw 10y agoIsn't the parent commenter correct that BSD permits a developer to distribute a binary without offering the source? At the same time, a free software developer can incorporate and distribute BSD libraries without compromising a free license like GPL.
- comex 10y agoThe BSD license does so permit, but this only means that it is not a copyleft license; it is still a free software license. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#Non-CopyleftedFreeSoftware http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#Non-Copylefted...