Re: [Rule-list] New slinky images, copyright question

[Devon]

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On Thursday 28 March 2002 07:04 pm, James wrote:

> Yes but like the GPL BSD prohibts changing the license on the code
> to another open source license.  Otherwise I could take gcc tack the
> BSD license on it and call it propriatory.  If the code is
> originally under the BSD License it must stay under that license.

My understanding, (and I am not a lawyer) is that under the BSD license, 
you can take BSD licensed code, make modifications, and add additional 
restrictions to it's use. This is prohibited under the GPL license.

While the BSD license is considered compatible with the GPL, it is not 
categorized as a 'copyleft' license. 
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html

As for including both licenses, that doesn't seem possible. It falls 
under either one or the other.

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