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BSD license question

wstoop@gmail.com

2006-11-30, 7:04 pm

I have a piece of software that I'd like to release under a BSD-style
license.

I'd like to use the BSD license because the program is very small
(about 500 lines of C code, which took an afternoon to write). IMHO
there would be no point in using a license such as GPL where the
COPYING file is larger than the actual code.

My problem is this: I developed the program under Windows, using MinGW
where a certain function (getopt() to be exact) is licensed under the
BSD terms, which would permit me to release my own code (and binaries)
as I choose.

How would my own source be affected if someone were to port it to
another operating system where said function is licensed under the GPL?
Would my code need to be re-released under the GPL?

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