> Your conception of copyright is flawed. There's no such thing 
> as a license "more or less" in the Public Domain. 

IMHO there is, but leave that 'battel of words' aside

> What you mean is that the BSD is more permissive, 

yes

> in a way that pleases you. 

no, at least not more than GPL

> But still,it doesn't invalite the 
> fact that the original work will forever stay in the Public 
> Domain; it's 
> just a matter of proving it if required...

True, but the phrase 'taking something propriatary' in this area does
not mean that the original work somehow leaves the PD, but that you can
change one letter (or even: change nothing), and use it in a product
that is not PD at all. Like Apple did for parts of OS/X. You can do that
with PD and BSD software, but not with GPL software.

Wouter van Ooijen

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