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Re:Why is there an Oracle copyright in the middle of a Faceb... by nodata on Thursday November 18, 2010 @04:37AM (#1917307)
I think the problem is the "proprietary" conflicting with the notion of a BSD license.
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Re:Why is there an Oracle copyright in the middle of a Faceb... by nakkiel on Thursday November 18, 2010 @07:49AM (#1917594)
Believe it or not but BSD or GPL licensed code remains the copyright holder's property.

If it didn't no licensing terms would be applicable and it would be called Public Domain.

Proprietary Software as coined by the FSF is merely a language abuse.

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