On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 10:32:05AM +0100, Jeroen Massar wrote:
> Because of the choice between licenses you can either choose to adhere
> to the GPL (thus forcing you to open up your changes)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That is false, only if software is distributed.
> or alternatively
> you can choose the BSD and either give your patches back or not.
Either give your patches back or not is also available on the GNU GPL as
long as you don't distribute software.
> Still, you can't remove either of the licenses, you have to pass on the
> rights you have gotten from the original copyright holder down to
> anybody else you are giving this too.
Well, no. The original copyright holder gave you a choice: either BSD or GPL
> And especially if you would be
> giving the file down to the author only under GPL your are limiting
> their freedom, which is not the intent of the original copyright holder
> and also something you fortunately can't be doing.
Tough luck.
> If you don't like the licensing, then don't use the code at all, don't
> even look at it.
Likewise, if you don't like the GPL, don't let it be a choice for other users.
If your problem is that people don't give back, go knock on certain vendors who
profit from OpenSSH without contributin anything back. Oh wait... they don't
have to, have they? :)
Rui
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