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

[Robin Cornelius]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Deryck Hodge <deryck at samba.org> wrote:
> (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.
>
(Sorry Deryck missed reply-all, my bad, repeated to list to keep
discussion going)

On both points or just the 2nd one? are they truly compatible then? I
believed that you could not take a freedom away.

Thanks

Robin