On 2007-09-03 00:27:44 +0200, Weissmann Markus wrote:
The thing with GPLed code is, that it is viral, so everything you link against it (or mix with it) will get GPLed code, too. I'm not quite sure what if you do not own the original source (e.g. it is BSD licensed), but I assume that everyone will be happy as long as the viral effect of the GPL is kept and you distribute the source code along a binary.
AFAIK, the BSD license allows you to create a derived work that would be distributed under the GPL. Owning the original source is necessary only if you want to change the license in an incompatible manner (e.g. you created a work which you distributed under the GPLv2 and you want to distribute a future version under the GPLv3+). -- Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)