Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754490AbXICJsn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:48:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752252AbXICJsf (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:48:35 -0400 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.169]:3984 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751428AbXICJsf (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:48:35 -0400 From: "David Schwartz" To: Cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: RE: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 02:48:00 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200709022311.33534.dhazelton@enter.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Importance: Normal X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:48:43 -0700 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 206.171.168.138 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:48:44 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1481 Lines: 33 > Mr. Floeter *CAN* request that his code be removed from said fork > - his code > is solely licensed (AFAICT and IIRC) under the BSD/ISC license > and was only > covered by the dual-license because it was integrated into a work that > carried said dual-license. (I'm not sure how well such a revocation would > work in reality, but it is Mr. Floeters right.)... No. Neither the BSD license nor the GPL license permit you to revoke rights. Mr. Floeter's code is still available under the BSD/ISC license. The BSD license does not require you to make derived works available under a BSD license. *His* code is still available under a BSD/ISC license, of course, but the changed code is not. Read the BSD license. It does not require changes to be made available under a compatible license. This is the main difference between the BSD and GPL licenses. Note that it would be an error to remove the BSD license text, as the BSD license requires you to keep it and you still need the BSD license to grant you distribution rights to the original work. However, the license does not apply to protectable aspects of the code not placed under the BSD license by their original author, and it is important to add a note to that effect. DS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/