There is quite the uproar as of late about whether or not you can strip a BSD license from it's software, and relicense it as GPL, or some other license.
Theo DeRaadt, the king of controversy, is at it again, raising Cain, and making his voice heard. In his latest stunt, he actually makes a valid point, even if he is untactful about it. The problem is this: some people think that the BSD license means you can take the code, distribute it in binary or source form, and strip the BSD license. The point he's is making, I think, is that you can take BSD code, and wrap it in the GPL, like in the case of the Linux kernel, but you must keep the BSD license in tact. He's pointing fingers saying this isn't necessarily the case, that Linux kernel developers are stripping the BSD license from their code, and relicensing it. This is clearly in violation of the law. The post can be read in full here: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/openbsd-misc/2007/9/1/153822 Thoughts? Comments? -- _ Aaron Toponce ( ) ASCII Ribbon Campaign www.aarontoponce.org X www.asciiribbon.org / \
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