diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 9c54e64048cf386136788485f587fb76f8354c40..1ed9e9031076e7961b1f1a2ca31efb4ac6377a4f 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -3566,13 +3566,18 @@ requirements hat GPLv3 are as follows: advertising rights). The third clause of the \href{http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause}{3-Clause BSD License}, for example, long considered de-facto compatible with GPLv2 - anyway, is via this clause unequivocally compatible with GPLv3. However, - \href{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD}{this - clause \textit{does not} make GPL compatible with the old BSD - advertising clause} that the FSF - \href{https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html}{long ago identified as - problematic}. - + anyway, is via this clause unequivocally compatible with GPLv3. However, + \href{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD}{this + clause \textit{does not} make GPL compatible with the old BSD + advertising clause} that the FSF + \href{https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html}{long ago identified as + problematic}. BSD removed this clause from it's license in 1999; but + licenses retaining an analagous clause are still prevalent today, notably + the \href{https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OpenSSL}{OpenSSL + License} of the widely-used OpenSSL library. For this reason, + section \ref{bsd4clause-openssl} of this guide is devoted entirely + to that particular conflict. + \item This provision clarifies that refusal to grant trademark rights for a GPLv3'd covered work remains compatible with GPLv3. Again, some non-copyleft permissive licenses include such clauses.