[Fedora-legal-list] ftp-0.17-51.fc12 and libreadline

[Richard Fontana]

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:32:58PM -0800, Julius Davies wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I see the ftp-0.17-51.fc12.i686.rpm says it's "BSD With Advertising."
> This isn't the problem:  it's all UC-Berkeley, so it can be relicensed
> to remove the "With Advertising" clause.
> 
> 
> My question is this:
> 
> I also see that ftp links against libreadline.so:
> 
> $ ldd ftp-0.17-51.fc12.i686/usr/bin/ftp
> 	libreadline.so.6
> 
> 
> Is that okay for BSD code to dynamically link against GPL libraries?

Sure, assuming the BSD code is all effectively 3-clause BSD-licensed.

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Richard E. Fontana
Open Source Licensing and Patent Counsel
Red Hat, Inc.