<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I think you’ll be concerned with licensing if you’re creating another package. If you’re using a Linux derivative for personal use there’s very little you have to worry about.<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 12, 2014, at 11:07 PM, paul g <<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div dir="ltr">Thank you for helping me I agree that I need to spend time I am a bit slow either way.<br><br>Thank you, all<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 23:03:26 -0500<br>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:erikerik@gmail.com">erikerik@gmail.com</a><br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] A question about free software<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:58 PM, paul g<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com" target="_blank">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;">does BSD license give me more freedom than GPL-License?</blockquote></div><br>It depends on your definition of "freedom".</div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra">Some people say that the GPL gives less freedom, as it makes it difficult to use GPL-licensed software as part of a larger non-GPL (or proprietary) package. Conversely, some people say that BSD gives less freedom, as it infringes on the rights of the original software authors to have their code (and any derivative code) remain open-source.</div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra">I am employed by a company that uses open-source software extensively in our proprietary software product. When choosing other pre-existing packages to use as part of our product, we nearly always try and find something that is BSD (or equivalent) licensed.</div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra">It's all very complicated, and there are very strong opinions on both sides of the issue. You probably just ought to spend some time reading about the various open-source licenses to familiarize yourself.</div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra">-Erik</div></div><br>_______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br><a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br><a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>