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> By saying this, you are saying to me that I am free to re-release your code under the GPL and add my own contributions. If you are not happy with this arrangement, you have made an error in your license choice.

No, I'll remain content with my license agreement, I'll just think that you're a dick.

That's OK, though -- some people behaving like dicks is simply the cost of collaborating openly.

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I wasn't attacking your choice. I was explaining what your choice consists of and why I made a different one.

If you don't want people to do something particular with your code, yet you choose a license that permits it, then by definition, you chose the wrong license.

I'm going to chalk your childish, immature and unprofessional insults down to frustration. And to prevent further noise, I am not going to reply to any further comments made by you.

I'm not attacking your choice, I'm just saying that according to my ethos, taking BSD licensed code and relicensing under the GPL is:

1) Rude.

2) Simply the cost of doing business under the BSD license.

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