Re: License clarification: BSD vs MIT

2009/10/26 David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>:

> Not being any kind of attorney, and assuming the Red Hat lawyers
> are pretty much on our side,

They're not really. They're just interested in doing things the right
way for Redhat users (which is fine - that's what they're paid for).

> I'll just say we're more MIT-like, or
> 2-clause BSD if the former causes confusion.  Thanks! :)

I've also spoken to a lawyer about this, and he concurred that our
licence is more MIT-like in the way that its worded. It has roughly
the same requirements as the simplified BSD though - but then so do a
bunch of other OSI approved licences.

As Tom says though, the effect this has on users is zero. The licence
is still the same as its always been, regardless of what we say it is
based on or looks like.

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