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That is simply not practical for anything except toy projects due to the complexity it adds, and is rarely necessary anyway. The most common case is a GPL proje
by eklitzke 8y ago
That is simply not practical for anything except toy projects due to the complexity it adds, and is rarely necessary anyway. The most common case is a GPL project importing BSD licensed code with minimal adaptions, e.g. just enough to integrate the code.
The authors of BSD-licensed code are clearly comfortable with people adapting the code for proprietary purposes without submitting their changes, so there shouldn't really be a problem with copyleft projects doing the same. And if the authors feel otherwise, they should use a copyleft license themselves (perhaps the LGPL in a situation like this).