Showing headlines posted by warthawg

Avoiding BSD v. GPL licensing issues

  • JoeBarr.Org; By Joe Barr (Posted by warthawg on Nov 30, 2007 4:18 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Fedora, Linux
In the wake of recent flareups over the inclusion of BSD licensed code in GPL licensed programs, a little extra vigilance can go a long way. Recently, Fedora package managers manually reviewing code licenses in a new version of Joop Stakenborg’s popular XLog program — used by amateur radio enthusiasts around the globe to record their contacts — discovered a change in the licensing of one of the included files which impacted the licensing of the program as a whole.