Stephen Frost wrote:
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> * Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) wrote:
> > Stephen Frost wrote:
> > > Yet *having* that requirement on a *derived work* which includes GPL
> > > code is *against* the terms of the GPL. That's *exactly* the issue.
> > > The GPL says more than "you must provide the source code to everything",
> > > it explicitly includes a requirement that no additional restrictions be
> > > put on the derivative (lest requirements for no-additional-distribution
> > > or must-charge-for-other-distribution be added which defeats much of the
> > > point of the GPL).
> >
> > Our BSD license has this restriction:
> >
> > > provided that the above copyright notice and this
> > > paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies.
> >
> > Why is this not an _additional_ restriction, and hence GPL and BSD
> > software cannot be bundled into a binary? What does "appear in all
> > copies" mean, especially if you don't need to ship the source code under
> > the BSD license?
>
> As I pointed out previously, it's part of the copyright notice, and the
> GPL has the exact same requirement:
>
> 1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
> source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
> conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
> copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
> notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty;
> and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License
> along with the Program.
>
> So it's *not* an additional restriction. Not to mention the other
> reason- the license isn't part of the *work*.
It is an _additional_ license you have to include, not just their
license. I don't see how requiring an advertizing clause is an
additional restriction, but requiring an additional license isn't.
I don't understand the "work" issue as it applies here.
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