Jamie> Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> >>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> writes:
>>
Jeff> If it really matters to you, you can always dual-license the
Jeff> code, and let downstream developers pick which license they find
Jeff> most suitable.
>> Thats actually a bad approach IMHO, I would be willing to dual
>> license certain bits of code. However, when doing so I would also
>> put a strong encouragement statement in the code suggesting people
>> to also dual license their changes.
Jamie> There's not much point dual licensing with BSD and GPL. It's
Jamie> equivalent to the BSD license alone, so why be confusing about
Jamie> it?
Because you want to make the point that you are a GPL person, but
trying to be nice so the BSD people can use it as well. But right, it
made more sense when BSD had the silly advertising clause.
Jes
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