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GPL-BSD Stoush: de Raadt Hints at Legal Action

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Sam Varghese
Sep 14, 2007

“The argument over dual-licensed code, which was festering
between the GPL and BSD communities, has drifted off the radar for
most–but certainly not for Theo de Raadt, head of the OpenBSD
project…

“For de Raadt, there is more than one string to this bow: a
dual-licence discussion and a question of the GPL being wrapped
around an OpenBSD developer’s work. And he is now hinting at going
to court to sort out the matter…”

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