This is nothing new. Provide a permissive license and expecting everything to be returned to you is contradictory to the very license you've chose. Forking happens all the time, usually around licensing or management issues. So aside from the little dust storm we've seen recently regarding the wifi driver and the copyright clause I don't see how this is news.
The GPL and BSD type licenses coexist perfectly, so long as both parties take the time to understand each other. Which is mostly the way it's happened
Provide a permissive license and expecting everything to be returned to you is contradictory to the very license you've chose.
First, it's rude. You don't deny a derivative work to the original author. Second, it's ilelgal. You may not file off someone's license just because you disagree with it. A few Linux developers have demonstrated that they're rude scofflaws.
First, it's rude. You don't deny a derivative work to the original author.
It is not rude if the original author explicitly gave you permission to do it. And that's exactly what the BSD license is -- explicit permission to deny any derivative works to the original author.
Second, it's ilelgal. You may not file off someone's license just because you disagree with it.
Hey Don Quixote, nice strawman. Nobody here is 'filing off someone's license' they are strictly obeying the terms and conditions of the license.
One thing we're going to get into trouble with here is everyone arguing two different things, though Theo didn't help in his letter. 1. Are you allowed to remove the BSD license from a file, even if you add onto it. 2. Which license is better, BSD or GPL.
To the first question, I say the answer is no. I read the BSD license at the OSI and it says do not remove the copyright notice or the license. This is what started this, and the license needs to remain in the file, no matter what additional licenses are
For fucks sake, it's forking... (Score:5, Informative)
The GPL and BSD type licenses coexist perfectly, so long as both parties take the time to understand each other. Which is mostly the way it's happened
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First, it's rude. You don't deny a derivative work to the original author. Second, it's ilelgal. You may not file off someone's license just because you disagree with it. A few Linux developers have demonstrated that they're rude scofflaws.
Re:For fucks sake, it's forking... (Score:2)
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1. Are you allowed to remove the BSD license from a file, even if you add onto it.
2. Which license is better, BSD or GPL.
To the first question, I say the answer is no. I read the BSD license at the OSI and it says do not remove the copyright notice or the license. This is what started this, and the license needs to remain in the file, no matter what additional licenses are