Avoiding BSD v. GPL licensing issues

In the wake of recent flareups over the inclusion of BSD licensed code in GPL licensed programs, a little extra vigilance can go a long way. Recently, Fedora package managers manually reviewing code licenses in a new version of Joop Stakenborg?s popular XLog program ? used by amateur radio enthusiasts around the globe to record their contacts ? discovered a change in the licensing of one of the included files which impacted the licensing of the program as a whole.

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