Re: Is BSD licence compatible to export with emacs modules?

[<tomas@tuxteam.de>]

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On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 05:26:51PM +0200, Arthur Miller wrote:
> Just a short question: if I wrap a bsd-licensed code into n emacs module,
> is it compatible
> with GPL license? Is it OK to export with
> 
> int plugin_is_GPL_compatible;
> 
> Does that symbol aim at my own written module code, or does it even include
> 
> used 3rd party code (which in this case is licenced under the BSD licence)?

Yes. BSD is GPL compatible [1]. ( assume it's the currently common "modified"
or "three-clause" license [2] and not the original, four-clause license [4],
which is pretty uncommon these days. The four-clause license has this non-
advertising clause.

Cheers

[1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list#GPLCompatibleLicenses
[2] https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:BSD_3Clause
[3] https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:BSD_4Clause

- -- tomás
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