[sldev] Fwd: [Opensim-dev] Violating the GPL by looking (Re: Voice Module)

[Deryck Hodge]

(Resending, Robin, sorry, since I goofed the reply to all....)

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Robin Cornelius
<robin.cornelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>  It is possible to take GPL code into a BSD project but the GPL and BSD
>  licences must BOTH be followed. At any point GPL code could be removed
>  from the project by anyone and the BSD license is still 100% intact
>
>  Its *MUCH* harder to take BSD in to a GPL project as some of the
>  freedoms of BSD is lost by the GPL requirement that code must be
>  shared so i believe this would breach the BSD license.

Actually, the reverse is true.  BSD can be consumed by GPL because BSD
is the less restrictive license.

Cheers,
deryck

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