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Re:Ask HN: I need a license for an open source project allow... by graemep on Thursday May 21, 2009 @01:43PM (#620803)
The old BSD license is not compatible with the GPL - I assume that if you are allowing proprietary re-use, you would also want to allow as much open source re-sure as possible.
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Re:Ask HN: I need a license for an open source project allow... by kelnos on Thursday May 21, 2009 @04:54PM (#621120)
When people say "BSD license" these days they usually mean the "modified BSD license" or "2/3-clause BSD license" that doesn't include the advertising clause, and as such is indeed compatible with the GPL. I don't think anyone of any notoriety actually uses the original, GPL-incompatible BSD license these days.
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