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____/ Snit on Thursday 07 Jul 2011 20:07 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 5547310.99z0qppnpL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/7/11
> 1:30 AM:
>
>>>>>>> Homer stated in post krkee8-4hm.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx on 7/6/11 11:07 AM:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that JeffM spake thusly:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Rather extensive article--but you forgot to mention
>>>>>>>>> http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/5-of-the-best-light
>>>>>>>>> we ig ht -window-managers-for-linux-972570?artc_pg=2 (Fvwm and
>>>>>>>>> RatPoison)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> They also forgot to mention Awesome, and incorrectly described
>>>>>>>> Enlightenment as being licensed under the GPL (it's BSD).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://awesome.naquadah.org
>>>>>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/enlightenment
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can't you relicense a BSD project to the GPL and then release it? I
>>>>>>> think so... the BSD license allows users a lot more freedom.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Of action, not preserving freedom. Freedom of someone else can also be
>>>>>> the freedom to suppress you.
>>>>>>
>>>>> The BSD offers nothing that suppresses me! What a weird non sequitur.
>>>>>
>>>> It lets free become proprietary.
>>>>
>>> You can prevent people from continuing to use the BSD version?
>>>
>> That's a very silly question.
>
> Well, it is one which points out the absurdity of the claim that BSD code
> can be turned proprietary, sure. BSD code can be used in proprietary code,
> but once you have made licensed code with the BSD license and let it out
> into the wild, I do not believe you can revoke that. If I am wrong please
> let me know. Assuming I am not, however, the free code cannot "become
> proprietary" as Homer claimed.
*sigh* *plonk*
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