On 27 September 2011 16:10, Philip Nienhuis <pr.nienh...@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> So, what BSD version does TMW require?
This is a bit of a history lesson, but there are a bunch of "BSD
licenses". The MIT and X licenses are sometimes also confused for the
BSD licenses, because their wording is similar. The first one had an
advertising clause. You had to prominently say "this is using
so-and-so's software" in advertising materials:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsd_license#4-clause
> I didn't see "modified BSD" but rather "plain vanilla" BSD licenses
> mentioned there.
Almost everyone uses the modified BSD license nowadays, without the
advertising clause. It's so common that the modified license has come
to be known as the "plain vanilla BSD license".
> Even if modified BSD & GPL are compatible, the pertinent question
> was whether Bilen should either mention both licenses in his nastran
> .pch function or just GPL for the one in Octave.
Well, if Bilen wants to keep using Matlab Central, they forbid the GPL
(because The Mathworks wants to impose further restrictions, such as
their current practice of forbidding usage of Octave with software
hosted on Matlab Central). I would say it's best to let Bilen decide.
The GPL forbids further restrictions. The BSD allows restrictions. Let
Bilen decide.
- Jordi G. H.
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