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Of course you cannot relicense someone elses git repo. Copying BSD code and distributing it under another license (even a commercial one) seems to be totally O
by eitland 6y ago
Of course you cannot relicense someone elses git repo.
Copying BSD code and distributing it under another license (even a commercial one) seems to be totally OK though as long as you put in the correct notices.
That is what GPL is meant to protect against.
- greggyb 6y agoRight, but the GPL license's protection also means that a BSD cannot be distributed under the BSD license (or similar) if it includes GPL components. This is why OpenBSD excludes GPL components. GPL enhances user freedom at the expense of restricting what programmers can do.
- eitland 6y ago> Right, but the GPL license's protection also means that a BSD cannot be distributed under the BSD license (or similar) if it includes GPL components. I fail to see how this is different from what I wrote above (except for the missing word in my post above): > You cannot however mix GPL code into your BSD code and [distribute] the resulting work as BSD.
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- greggyb 6y agoI didn't pay enough attention to usernames as I was replying and thought I was talking to multiple people through the chain. We are in verbose (and unnecessary on my part) agreement.
- trasz 6y agoThe “correct notice” being the original BSD license.