On May 4, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Paul McNett wrote:
> If I have a BSD-license in my code (which is a completely free license
> with only one restriction - to give credit to the author(s), and
> require
> a GPL-licensed piece of code, all of a sudden my code is subject to a
> completely different license than I had given it. My freedom wasn't
> tainted, because I can choose to not require that GPL code; but then
> again it was, because I wasn't free to choose to use that GPL code
> once
> I understand the implications.
Sorry, but that just doesn't wash. You want the freedom to use
someone else's copyrighted work in a way that they do not permit, so
that you can enjoy the rights of your own copyrighted work.
By default, you have no rights to use anyone else's code - period.
Your reasoning only makes sense if by default you have unlimited
rights to use anyone else's code, and the terms of the license then
restricted that use.
-- Ed Leafe
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