This is a discussion on =?gb2312?B?u9i4tA==?=:Re: Can I port 4.4BSD-Lite's TCP/IP protocol stack soure code to my own OS kernel which is GPL Licence? within the mailing.openbsd.tech forums, part of the OpenBSD category; --> I mean that I reserve the original BSD licence. Except that I append a GPL licence at the end ...
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| I mean that I reserve the original BSD licence. Except that I append a GPL licence at the end of BSD licence in source code. It looks like that: /* Copyright 1994-2008 The FreeBSD Project. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE FREEBSD PROJECT ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FREEBSD PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. */ Is that OK? ----- T-SJ<~ ----- 4S: Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> HUFZ: PGFZR;, NeTB 5HU, 2008 IONg10:49 VwLb: Re: Can I port 4.4BSD-Lite's TCP/IP protocol stack soure code to my own OS kernel which is GPL Licence? > >Can I port 4.4BSD-Lite's TCP/IP protocol stack > >soure code to my own OS kernel which is GPL > >Licence? > > Yes, you can port it. > > >I know that 4.4BSD-Lite is BSD Licenced. Is it > >legal to port BSD Licenced code and change it to > >GPL licence? > > No. You may never "change" the licence text that another author put > on their work. If it were legal and right to do so, don't you think > some people would immediately delete the GPL from other pieces of > software? |
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