Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755867AbXIQNmt (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:42:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754051AbXIQNml (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:42:41 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:46254 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754037AbXIQNmk (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:42:40 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:42:52 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Jason Dixon Cc: Sean , "david@lang.hm" , Jacob Meuser , Theodore Tso , "Can E. Acar" , "misc@openbsd.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Daniel Hazelton , Eben Moglen , Lawrence Lessig , "Bradley M. Kuhn" , Matt Norwood Subject: Re: Wasting our Freedom Message-ID: <20070917134251.GK18232@stusta.de> References: <20070916195909.GA18232@stusta.de> <20070916203926.GA17863@schlund.de> <20070916211208.GC5502@thunk.org> <20070916231633.GB10339@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <20070917093011.GX32213@nudo.bsws.de> <20070917125714.GI18232@stusta.de> <20070917092750.740cf0cd.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> 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: 2031 Lines: 51 On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:33:52AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote: > On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Sean wrote: > >> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:15:31 -0400 >> Jason Dixon wrote: >> >>> Sure it does. My code under BSD license continues to remain free, >>> regardless of what Company X(1) does with their *copy* of my code. >>> The only restrictions on my code is that copyright and attribution >>> must remain intact. All users of my code have the same rights, >>> regardless of what Company X does with their *copy*. >>> >>> The GPL places additional restrictions on code. It is therefore less >>> free than the BSD. >>> >>> Free code + restrictions = non-free code. >>> >>> (1) GPL advocates deep-down really like the BSD license. >>> Unfortunately, they keep getting hung up on the idea of the Evil >>> Corporation (TM) "stealing" my code. Nobody has stolen anything. >>> That corporation is entitled to the same rights as Joe User. Neither >>> EC or JU are required to redistribute any of their changes to their >>> *copy* of my code. They are only required to keep attribution >>> intact. Does that make MY CODE any less free? OF COURSE NOT! >> >> Your post is incredibly ironic considering how up in arms all the >> BSD folks are right now. Many of them claiming that their code >> is being "stolen". > > They did not KEEP ATTRIBUTION INTACT. This was a mistake in one patch that had never been merged, and this mistake has been corrected once it was discovered. > Jason Dixon 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/