From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 8 09:37:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA02616 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:37:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (zippy.cdrom.com [204.216.27.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA02611 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:37:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) Received: from zippy.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA02624; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:37:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com) To: Brett Glass cc: Licia , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPL *again* (was: New CODA release) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:16:56 MST." <4.1.19990208100915.00be6840@mail.lariat.org> Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 09:37:20 -0800 Message-ID: <2620.918495440@zippy.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > It's simple. I recommend the 2-clause Berkeley license with the following > additional clause: > > Neither this code, nor any derivative work based on this code, may be > published under a license that conditions its use upon the publication > of source code. No offense, but this is unwise. Either you're for absolute freedom of movement or you're against it, and the whole beauty of the 2 clause BSD license is that it's simple and specifically does NOT attempt to place undue restrictions upon reuse. That last paragraph there is very legally ambiguous ("publication" is a very loose term which any lawyer could make legal hash out of) and only obfuscates the license for what is probably zero legal gain. I honestly do not and cannot recommend that anyone use a license other than the 2 clause Berkeley license, unmodified and unmolested in any way. Its very simplicity is a precise and deliberate part of its attractiveness in the first place. Start mucking with it and the GPL, with all its good intentions and mountains of legaese, is the next stop in the road. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message