Ed Leafe wrote:
> 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

I can feel your pain. ;-)


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