Re: Wasting our Freedom

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 09:33:52AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
> On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:15:31 -0400
>> Jason Dixon <jason@dixongroup.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Sure it does.  My code under BSD license continues to remain free,
>>> regardless of what Company X(1) does with their *copy* of my code.
>>> The only restrictions on my code is that copyright and attribution
>>> must remain intact.  All users of my code have the same rights,
>>> regardless of what Company X does with their *copy*.
>>>
>>> The GPL places additional restrictions on code.  It is therefore less
>>> free than the BSD.
>>>
>>> Free code + restrictions = non-free code.
>>>
>>> (1) GPL advocates deep-down really like the BSD license.
>>> Unfortunately, they keep getting hung up on the idea of the Evil
>>> Corporation (TM) "stealing" my code.  Nobody has stolen anything.
>>> That corporation is entitled to the same rights as Joe User.  Neither
>>> EC or JU are required to redistribute any of their changes to their
>>> *copy* of my code.  They are only required to keep attribution
>>> intact.  Does that make MY CODE any less free?  OF COURSE NOT!
>>
>> Your post is incredibly ironic considering how up in arms all the
>> BSD folks are right now.  Many of them claiming that their code
>> is being "stolen".
>
> They did not KEEP ATTRIBUTION INTACT.

This was a mistake in one patch that had never been merged, and this 
mistake has been corrected once it was discovered.

> Jason Dixon

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Adrian

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