Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754489AbXIQBvg (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:51:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750773AbXIQBv3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:51:29 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:35868 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750714AbXIQBv2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:51:28 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:51:40 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: David Schwartz Cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: Wasting our Freedom Message-ID: <20070917015140.GG18232@stusta.de> References: <20070917005734.GE18232@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1490 Lines: 49 On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 06:35:12PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 05:29:56PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > > > >... > > > Again, one more time: > > > > > > 1) You can obtain, from the GPL, the right to remove a BSD > > > license notice. > > >... > > > I hope noone believes this bullshit you are spreading. > > How do you figure? > > > When you incorporate BSD licenced code into a GPL'ed project it's > > impossible that the GPL could give you any permission to remove the > > BSD licence notice. > > That's right. I never said otherwise. I did not say that under all conceivable circumstances, the GPL gives you the right to remove a BSD license notice. >... You did say otherwise. Your claim was that "You can obtain, *from the GPL*, the right to remove a BSD license notice." This claim is bullshit. You can get this right from the copyright holder, e.g. when he dual-licenced his code, but you can not get this right from the GPL. > DS cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/