From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Unruh Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:35:42 +0000 Subject: Re: pppd and plugin license Message-Id: List-Id: References: <2c8a99fe282448d4b8c07b347fde7d78@svr-ies-mbx-01.mgc.mentorg.com> In-Reply-To: <2c8a99fe282448d4b8c07b347fde7d78@svr-ies-mbx-01.mgc.mentorg.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org For two licenses, the restrictions of both apply. For GPL, if the other license restricts anything that GPL allows, then GPL does not give you a license. Thus you have to see if there is anything in the BSD license which restricts what the GPL grants. Also you need to check which GPL license (2 3 Library,...) If you have real question about the law, a lawyer is the best source of advice (one that is competent in Copyright and licensing law). William G. Unruh __| Canadian Institute for|____ Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy _|___ Advanced Research _|____ Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC _|_ Program in Cosmology |____ unruh@physics.ubc.ca Canada V6T 1Z1 ____|____ and Gravity ______|_ www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ On Tue, 11 Oct 2016, Waller, Claus wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question about the pppd and the plugin licenses. > > As I can see the pppd has as license the old style BSD 4 Clause license and some of the plugins which are loaded as a dynamic library are GPL licensed. > So my question is: Is it true that these licenses are incompatible to each other in the context of the pppd + a loaded plugin?