Re: [TCLUG:17728] Motif has gone opensource!

["Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>]

I don't believe that OpenSSH is derived from any code - thus - it is BSD.  I
think they used ssh1 as a reference to develop their own version.  Probably
used ssh1 to make a detailed design.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Callum Lerwick" <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17728] Motif has gone opensource!


> > > Isn't that what I was saying?  You aren't likely to be hired to write
a
> > > commercial version of your software if you released your software
opensource
> > > GPL.  You would have to rewrite your code instead of use your existing
code
> > > base (provided they want to use a restricted commercial license -
safely
> > > assumed in most cases).  Under BSD, you can use the code you started
with
> > > and then extend it for commercial purposes and use whatever license
you like
> > > for it.  The original code remains BSD for the rest of the world to
use.
> >
> > Wrong. As long as you maintain full copyright you may release your code
> > under _any_ license you wish at any time. GPL only becomes a problem
> > for relicensing in cases like the Linux kernel where copyright is
> > shared (I know that I wouldn't give my approval in that case, and there
> > are many others who would not as well).
>
> But doesn't the existing released code remain under whatever license it
> was under? Ex: OpenSSH derives from the last free release of ssh... Tons
> of others I can't think of...
>
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