atmur@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agoSeeing big companies take advantage of BSD or MIT licensed projects without sharing their contributions will always pain me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1816arrow-down118
arrow-up1798arrow-down1imageSeeing big companies take advantage of BSD or MIT licensed projects without sharing their contributions will always pain me.lemmy.worldatmur@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squareSuzunelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoOf other software, yes. For example Linux distributions can use the BSD or MIT licensed code without any problems. But it does not allow to remove the license from the software. On the other hand GPL code cannot be imported into BSD code without introducing restrictions.
Of other software, yes. For example Linux distributions can use the BSD or MIT licensed code without any problems.
But it does not allow to remove the license from the software.
On the other hand GPL code cannot be imported into BSD code without introducing restrictions.