[Simh] Pontus asks Is [the] BSD [license] liberal enough?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2015-06-08 14:09, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 12:57:21PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
>>
>> GPLv2 states:
>>
>> 2b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
>>      whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
>>      part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
>>      parties under the terms of this License.
>>
>> That seems to me that if I "A" distribute or publish anything which
>> includes any GPL code, to anyone "B", then I have to make the entire
>> product available to any third party "C".
>>
>
> I Am No A Lawyer as they say. But I interpret this legalese as an
> obligation to license your modifications or additions under GPL to
> anyone you choose to distribute it to. Not necessarily that you _have_
> to distribute it to anyone. That would be somewhat draconian.

Uh... You cannot choose who to distribute it to. That is the whole point 
of GPL, and is what puts it apart from just any company copyright control.
If you make it available to anyway, who have to make it available to 
everyone.

Yes, it is draconian. It is intentional.

	Johnny