On Tues, 27 Nov 2012 17:35:36 -0500 (EST) Robert Tomsick wrote: > Subject: [cdesktopenv-devel] BSD licensed contributions?
> I know that the project requests that contributions be made under the > MIT license, but I was wondering whether 2-clause or 3-clause BSD > would be an appropriate alternative. FYI: 3-clause BSD is MIT + "Binary distributions must include this copyright notice in accompanying documentation" (clause 2). 2-clause BSD drops the restriction on implying the endorsement of the copyright holder (clause 3), rather than the restriction on documentation. X.org does include some BSD-licensed code, and it would seem _to_me_ that that would be reasonable with one limitation: If you are going to add any BSD-licensed code, you *must* also add the copyright information to a *single* file such as cde/copyright. I say this because I recently finished generating a new copyright file for Motif 2.3.4, and that was a real pain. If it had meant tracking down half a dozen or more BSD-flavored licenses, it would have been significantly more difficult. MIT-style licenses are much nicer for a would-be distributor. > I read the section on licensing and why MIT is requested -- and from > that it would seem that those BSD licenses would be fine for future > relicensing (since they're obviously compatible with the LGPL, etc.) AFAICT, "Future relicensing" means "We want to release CDE under the MIT license eventually, but we can't right now. If you want to contribute, please do so under terms that will not impede *that* conversion." > but I just wanted to double check. > > Thanks, > Rob -- Isaac Dunham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: INSIGHTS What's next for parallel hardware, programming and related areas? Interviews and blogs by thought leaders keep you ahead of the curve. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
