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From: karthikbalaguru on 6 Feb 2010 07:47 Hi, I have been trying to understand the BSD license. It seems that the 4-Clause license is the original license and followed by 3-clause license (New BSD license) And now, a simplified version in the form of 2-clause license (Simplified BSD license). Interesting to know that the BSD License allows proprietary use, and Works based on the material may be released under a proprietary license or as closed source software I wonder why the original BSD license includes a advertising clause ? and Why has it been scrapped later ? I searched the internet, but did not get a clear picture. Any ideas ? Thx in advans, Karthik Balaguru
From: Matthew X. Economou on 6 Feb 2010 09:29 On Feb 6, 7:47 am, karthikbalaguru <karthikbalagur...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I wonder why the original BSD license > includes a advertising clause ? and Why > has it been scrapped later ? > I searched the internet, but did not get > a clear picture. Any ideas ? The English Wikipedia article on the BSD license describes its history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses This is the second Google search hit for the term "bsd license". Google is your friend.
From: SS on 6 Feb 2010 10:21 On 2010-02-06 13:47:02 +0100, karthikbalaguru said: > Hi, > I have been trying to understand the > BSD license. It seems that the > 4-Clause license is the original license > and followed by 3-clause license (New BSD > license) And now, a simplified version in the > form of 2-clause license (Simplified BSD > license). > > Interesting to know that the BSD License > allows proprietary use, and Works based > on the material may be released under a > proprietary license or as closed source > software > > I wonder why the original BSD license > includes a advertising clause ? and Why > has it been scrapped later ? > I searched the internet, but did not get > a clear picture. Any ideas ? > > Thx in advans, > Karthik Balaguru Did you look at this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses
From: SS on 6 Feb 2010 10:23 On 2010-02-06 16:21:15 +0100, SS said: > On 2010-02-06 13:47:02 +0100, karthikbalaguru said: > >> Hi, >> I have been trying to understand the >> BSD license. It seems that the >> 4-Clause license is the original license >> and followed by 3-clause license (New BSD >> license) And now, a simplified version in the >> form of 2-clause license (Simplified BSD >> license). >> >> Interesting to know that the BSD License >> allows proprietary use, and Works based >> on the material may be released under a >> proprietary license or as closed source >> software >> >> I wonder why the original BSD license >> includes a advertising clause ? and Why >> has it been scrapped later ? >> I searched the internet, but did not get >> a clear picture. Any ideas ? >> >> Thx in advans, >> Karthik Balaguru > > Did you look at this? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses Grr, I hate late postings. My usenet client delayed posting until it was done downloading stuff...
From: karthikbalaguru on 6 Feb 2010 12:55
On Feb 6, 8:21 pm, SS <s...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 2010-02-06 13:47:02 +0100, karthikbalaguru said: > > > > > > > Hi, > > I have been trying to understand the > > BSD license. It seems that the > > 4-Clause license is the original license > > and followed by 3-clause license (New BSD > > license) And now, a simplified version in the > > form of 2-clause license (Simplified BSD > > license). > > > Interesting to know that the BSD License > > allows proprietary use, and Works based > > on the material may be released under a > > proprietary license or as closed source > > software > > > I wonder why the original BSD license > > includes a advertising clause ? and Why > > has it been scrapped later ? > > I searched the internet, but did not get > > a clear picture. Any ideas ? > > > Thx in advans, > > Karthik Balaguru > > Did you look at this?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses > Great ! It seems to have the info :-) !! 1. This clause was objected to on the grounds that as people changed the license to reflect their name or organization,it led to escalating advertising requirements when programs were combined together in a software distributionevery occurrence of the license with a different name required a separate acknowledgment. 2. It also seems that, the clause presented a legal problem for those wishing to publish BSD-licensed software which relies upon separate programs using the more-restrictive GNU GPL: the advertising clause is incompatible with the GPL, which does not allow the addition of restrictions beyond those it already imposes. Thx for that link ! Karthik Balaguru |