Hi , > Note that it shows specifically now 3 clause not 4 clause (old > style). For some reason, Kunle/Michael made their C# contribution > 4clause BSD even though the link to the certificate of origin sits > under the three clause BSD license on the same page. They refuse to > change it so I will be throwing out all their work when I can. Please > let me know if for some reason there is a difference for you.
Not sure why you dragged this up again but... You might want to change that agreement document again. Not all 3-clause BSD licenses are "new style". Similarly, not all 4-clause BSD licenses are "old style". A 3-clause license with the advertising clause isn't "new style". Just include the license text or a URL (I got the printed agreement from Micheal and it just said BSD license). Second, for completeness Ter: > [SNIP]W/o a change to 3 clause license, I'll be forced to consider > throwing out the > C# target and going a different route. Kunle: > As you wish. Ter: > License issues have really bitten me in the past with my users. Kunle: > You've failed to identify any real issue with the current license so far. > You seemed unaware of the content of the last clause in the license in > your > reply to Micheal. Ter: > * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this > software > * must display the following acknowledgement: > * This product includes software developed by the University of > * California, Berkeley and its contributors. > > In this case, you want to any material using ANTLR C# target to put a > note in their advertisement that they use ANTLR C# target? An > unpalatable restriction to some which is why we've all removed it and > I've got rest of project using BSD w/o that. > [SNIP...] > Seems unfair to taint > entire product with such a restriction. > That clause means no one will mention your work > because they'd have to add that clause. Means lawyers get afraid > etc... I'm sure you're aware of my 20 years of listening to people > whine to me about my software licenses. My concerns are not idle > lawyer paranoia. > > May I please change the license to not require users to mention ANTLR > C# target in their advertisement? Kunle: > The license has no such clause or requirement. Kunle: > Have you read the license? I thinks that's a good summary of the thread. Just to be clear, the C# target and templates (which are a part of ANTLR) have always been under the same license as the rest of the ANTLR codebase. For the runtime, I used the BSD license from LICENSE.TXT file in ST# [we screwed up and the ST# source files ended up with a different BSD license but we're okay with either - they're both BSD, both "new style" BSD ;-) ]. You may include or dump some or, all of the C# bits in line with the BSD license. Kunle _______________________________________________ antlr-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.antlr.org:8080/mailman/listinfo/antlr-dev
