Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But despite the above I do want to point out that the argument about > "the only thing stopping the possessor" can easily (and, IMHO, more > justifiably) be used against the GPL and in favor of BSD-style > licensing. Simply s/possessor/possessor of source/ to see what I > mean.
No, and this is an important point. The BSD-license does not restrict modification to the possessor of source. If you have a binary, you can still change it. There is no restriction, and if you are clever enough, you can do it. So the situations are not parallel, and crucially so.
