Comment 10 for bug 26452

Freek Dijkstra wrote:

> I just read a few threads on debian-legal (I ought to have looked for that
> first). Particularly interesting is the FAQ at OpenSSL
> http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#LEGAL2 which almost takes the other
> turn, and seems to suggest that GPL is the thing that is restricting use of
> code under other licences, instead that the OpenSSL licence restricts the
> use of code under other licences (like the GPL). Oh well, I don't know
> anymore. Maybe they are right (wasn't that why there is a LGPL?).

GPL restricts the code from being used in closed-source environments
(because then the author is not given proper credit).

BSD code is free to be hidden in closed-source project.

GPL is restricted to free projects.

So yes, GPL can be said to be "less free" than BSD.

But this is all not specific to this bugreport, so let's continue
somewhere else if needed, ok? :-)

  - Jonas

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