Re: [OctDev] GPL violations

[Martin H. <ma...@mh...>]

Am Freitag, 27. August 2010, 22:55:22 schrieb Judd Storrs:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Jaroslav Hajek <hi...@gm...> wrote:
> > No, you don't. Neither you know whether someone replaced or modified
> > the license in the sources.
> 
> Only the copyright holder can pursue infringement claims or modify
> licensing. The BSD license does not transfer ownership neither does it
> grant the right to modify the license. If you think otherwise, please cite
> the text of the BSD license that grants these rights. In the current
> incarnation of MathCentral, the MathWorks does not own files contributed
> by users and has no power to modify their licensing.
> 
> 
> --judd

The intersting thing about the BSD license is that it does not forbid 
modifications in form of adding restrictions in the license it only states 
(besides the other unrelated conditions )

 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

It does not state "and nothing else" which makes it possible to add 
restrictions, it contains no copyleft.

- Martin