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Message-ID: <20070917091038.GB23002@schlund.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:10:38 +0200
From: Hannah Schroeter <hannah@...lund.de>
To: Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
"Can E. Acar" <can.acar@...-g.com.tr>, misc@...nbsd.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Eben Moglen <moglen@...twarefreedom.org>,
Lawrence Lessig <lessig_from_web@...ox.com>,
"Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@...twarefreedom.org>,
Matt Norwood <norwood@...twarefreedom.org>
Subject: Re: Wasting our Freedom
Hi!
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 05:11:05PM -0400, Daniel Hazelton wrote:
>On Sunday 16 September 2007 16:39:26 Hannah Schroeter wrote:
>> On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:59:09PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>> >On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 11:48:47AM -0700, Can E. Acar wrote:
>> >>...
>> >> First, these developers got questionable advice from senior Linux kernel
>> >> developers, and SLFC (which is closely related to FSF) in the process.
>> >The most questionable legal advice in this thread was by Theo de Raadt
>> >who claimed choosing one licence for _dual-licenced_ code was illegal...
>> JFTR, I do *not* think that that assessment was questionable. Unless the
>> dual-licensing *explicitly* allows relicensing, relicensing is forbidden
>> by copyright law. The dual-licensing allows relicensing only if that's
>> *explicitly* stated, either in the statement offering the alternative, or
>> in one of the licenses.
>That advice wasn't regarding relicensing. Dual-licensed code allows
>distribution and use under either license. If I get BSD/GPL code, I can
>follow the GPL exclusively and I don't have to follow the BSD license at all.
>And the alternative is also true. (ie: follow the BSD license exclusively and
>ignore the GPL)
>It's not "relicensing" - it's following *WHICH* of the offered terms are more
>agreeable.
The original issue *was* about illegal relicensing (i.e. not just
choosing which terms to follow, but removing the other terms
altogether).
>I'll just snip the rest, since you seem confused.
Refrain from personal attacks.
Regards,
Hannah.
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