Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0003071428220.12847-100000@asdf.capslock.lan>
By author: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@meteng.on.ca>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> That is true, but I've got one question about it. When UCB
> dropped clause (3), is it across the board for all existing BSD
> licensed software? In other words, if I take BSD source that
> contains the clause, can I now ignore it completely? I've wanted
> to create some specific Linux software under GPL license *ONLY*
> for a while now, but didn't want to start from scratch. The only
> pre-existing code I could find was BSD licensed (bsdgames), and
> as such I couldn't use GPL so I wasn't interested. I tried to
> track down the authors of the code, but nobody responded so I
> gave up.
>
> Can I now use the new BSD license without the clause, or would
> the authors of the software need to make a new release with the
> modified license? In particular the package is bsd-games as
> stated above. If I can now use that code in a fully GPL product,
> I'd like to do so.
>
hpa != lawyer!
Since this is a license change, it really would have to be done by the
copyright holder. However, if the copyright is University of
California then they have already done so. Otherwise you'd have to
contact the copyright holder.
-hpa
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