On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, Isaac Dunham wrote:
> 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. Ok, so to confirm: 2-clause BSD would be OK if the copyright for the file in question is listed in cde/copyright? The code I'm thinking of submitting is a stand-alone thing that depends only on Motif, so it wouldn't involve any intermingling with CDE code (it could be integrated later, of course, but as it currently stands it's just a small standalone Motif runner that I've been using with CDE locally.) > 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." Ah. Good, thanks for clarifying! -Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
