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		unexpectedtrap 19 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Love Letter to FreeBSD IANAL, but you can’t actually just relicense code, even if it’s under BSD‐like license. What you can do is to release this code in the binary form without providing the source code.

bluGill 18 hours ago [–]

Right you can add gpl code on top, but the base is still BSD

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