Re: Licensing of translations (problem!)

[henning@xxxxxxxxxx]

Peter Clifton schrieb:
> Unless I really misunderstood something, saying BSD & GPL are compatible
> does not mean I can take BSD licensed software / translations, and then
> license it under GPL.
>   
Yes, you really misunderstood that. ;-) That is exactly what it means.

> "
> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
> *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> *       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> *       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> "
>   
The BSD license does not impose any restrictions on the use of the
material, it just imposes the duty to reproduce the copyright notice and
to make derivative works do the same thing (reproduce the copyright
notice). The GPL does the same AND ADDS further conditions. That's why
it's compatible and putting BSD material under the GPL is in harmony
with the BSD license. Klick here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL#Compatibility_and_multi-licensing

Regards,
Henning