Subject: Re: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:43:31 -0400

Constantine A. Murenin wrote:
> On 01/09/07, Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> Jason Dixon wrote:
>>> Once the grantor (Reyk) releases his code under that license, it must
>>> remain.  You are free to derive work and redistribute under your
>>> license, but the original copyright and license permission remains
>>> intact.  Many other entities (Microsoft, Apple, Sun, etc) have used BSD
>>> code and have no problem understanding this.  Why is this so difficult
>>> for the Linux brain share to absorb?
>> Why is it so difficult to understand dual licensing?
> 
> Maybe because Reyk's code was never dual-licensed?

And yet a good portion of Theo's response, in particular his accusations 
of Alan Cox exhorting people to break the law, were directly related to 
dual licensing.

	Jeff