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

[Callum Lerwick]

On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 16:57 +0000, Robin Cornelius wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Deryck Hodge <deryck at samba.org> wrote:
> > 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.

Yes you can. The GPL has an explicit clause disallowing further
restrictions. The BSD license, however, does not. Hence, BSD can be
"consumed" by GPL code. I think the BSD license still applies to such
code, though.
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