27 Jun
2005
27 Jun
'05
5:48 p.m.
Not quite, no. The GPL says that if you use GPL code,
everything that you release that uses that GPL code
must also be GPL. Thus (BSD + LGPL + GPL) -> GPL
when it's distributed. BSD must be sublicensed, and
LGPL must have it's GPL license conversion excercised.
You no longer have the full BSD rights in the
distributed code anymore, if you download it all as a
whole.
Perhaps I've misunderstood something, but I for instance publish my
sources
under BSDL (and other liberal licenses) because it is not as viral as the
GPL. Therefore I would surely not agree that someone is allowed to
"sublicense" code which I intentionally published under BSDL to give the
licensee as much freedom as possible.
Actually, since the GPL is too restrictive (i.e. "viral") it violates rights
the author granted to the users of his BSDLed code.
Can you enlighten me what makes you think that BSDLed code can be
"sublicensed", please!
Best regards,
Oliver
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