On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 13:56, Richard Fontana <rfontana(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 01:06:50PM -0600, Stephen John Smoogen
wrote:
> The clause that causes GPL problems in the original BSD was the
> following license terms:
>
>
> 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must
> display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed
> by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors.
>
>
> That would seem equivalent to
>
> > * 4. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following
> > * acknowledgment: 'This product includes software developed by the
> > * "Universidad de Palermo, Argentina"
(
http://www.palermo.edu/).'
>
>
> so it would seem that your software is BSD with advertising clause.
I don't agree that it is equivalent to BSD with advertising clause.
The question is whether the acknowledgement clause makes the license
GPL-incompatible in the same way that the advertising clause in the
old BSD license made it GPL-incompatible.
Ack.. and I forgot my IANL I am just trying to be helpful clause on my
email. My apologies for making things muddier.
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Stephen J Smoogen.
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