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I don't see how his argument holds water, the BSD license is quite permissive, and porting software to another language sounds like a modification to me, assumi

I don't see how his argument holds water, the BSD license is quite permissive, and porting software to another language sounds like a modification to me, assuming you keep all the copyright info intact. He still holds the copyright, but he's granted everyone a worldwide right to use the software with or without modification... And apparently he doesn't know what the common meaning of "FOSS" even is. "Metaphone3.java was released as part of the Open Refine Package under the BSD license" and then "It does not, contrary to popular belief, automatically declare the algorithm to be public domain, or the software to be FOSS. "

new299 12y ago
If he really does own a patent (http://www.google.com/patents/US20090043584 http://www.google.com/patents/US20090043584 referenced above). Then I can kind of see the argument. He's provided a BSD licensed implementation, but you don't have a license to use the patent. Perhaps that means you can share it, compile it, but if you use it you're in violation of the patent? It seems rather odd but not totally inconsistent.