Re: [HACKERS] Re: Copyright question: GPL patches for non-GPL packages (fwd)

On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Maarten Boekhold wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I read this message on the debian development list. Thought it might be
> of interest to scrappy on the PostODBC thingie...

Damn, to say I hate copyrights isn't saying enough :) Okay, I
guess the first thing to note is that PostODBC actually falls under the
LGPL vs the GPL, which appears to have slightly more lax restrictions on
how it gets included with other packages...

Now, with that in mind, should we remove the PostODBC stuff from
the interfaces directory an dmove it to the contrib directory? Or remove
it all together? Or leave it where it is?

> > Maarten
>
> _____________________________________________________________________________
> | Maarten Boekhold, Faculty of Electrical Engineering TU Delft, NL |
> | Computer Architecture and Digital Technique section |
> | M(dot)Boekhold(at)et(dot)tudelft(dot)nl |
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> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 23:47:23 +0100
> From: David Frey <david(at)eos(dot)lugs(dot)ch>
> To: debian-devel(at)lists(dot)debian(dot)org
> Subject: Re: Copyright question: GPL patches for non-GPL packages
>
> On Thu, Jan 22 1998 13:18 +0100 Andreas Jellinghaus writes:
> > if you want to mix gpl'ed software with other software, that other
> > software's licence may not conflict with the gpl.
> >
> > for example, you can mix software with bsd style licencens (or x window
> > licence) with GPL'ed software, becuase these two licences do not
> > conflict. the mix will be under GPL'ed.
> [...]
> > example: this is allowed
> > bsd + gpl
> [...]
> I recall reading once ago, that the standard BSD license is incompatible
> with the GPL because of point 4.:
>
> 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
> may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
> without specific prior written permission.
>
> which is an additional restriction, which is not allowed under the GPL:
>
> 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
> Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
> original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
> these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further
> restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein.
> You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
> this License.
>
> So people who wanted to have both licenses applicable on their code,
> cancelled the fourth paragraph of the original BSD license...
>
> David
>
>
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Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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