Re: GPL misappropriation

[Hyman Rosen]

On 3/22/2010 4:25 PM, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Meaning that material originally licensed under the BSDL must remain
> licensed under the BSDL (with just a few restrictions imposed on
> binary-only form) and not hijacked by the GPL retards, you moron Hyman.

Really? The Open Source Initiative says a BSD license looks
like this <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php>:
    Copyright (c) <YEAR>, <OWNER>
    All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
    are met:

    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
    * Neither the name of the <ORGANIZATION> nor the names of its
      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
      this software without specific prior written permission.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
    "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
    LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
    A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
    HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
    SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
    TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
    PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
    NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
    SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

So the only restriction on BSD-licensed code is that it retain the
copyright notice, not use the name of the organization for publicity,
include a disclaimer, and include these conditions on distribution.
Nothing in these conditions prevents a derivative work from being
relicensed under the GPL, since nothing in the GPL contradicts any of
these conditions.