----- Original Message ----- > From: Mathieu Bouchard <[email protected]> > To: Simon Wise <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: [PD] Keyboard shortcuts for "nudge", "done editing" > > Le 2011-09-28 à 20:12:00, Simon Wise a écrit : > >> Many parts are more widely usable than the GPL allows, but you would need > to check the license for that part before doing so ... the only thing that > the > distribution claims is that its contents are all compatible with GPL3. > > I just downloaded Pd 0.42.5-extended binary for Ubuntu 10.10 and clicked > about > Pd. It says : > > « Pd is copyrighted but is free for you to use for any reasonable purpose > under > the GNU GPL version 3 . Follow the link for more details about the license: » > > and then when clicking, it says « Parts of this package can be used under > Pd’s > BSD license » at the top, not saying which part. Clicking on that link you > get : > > « This software is copyrighted by Miller Puckette and others. The following > terms (the "Standard Improved BSD License") apply to all files > associated with the software unless explicitly disclaimed in individual > files: »
Is there a precedent for the phrase "Standard Improved BSD License" for the three-clause BSD? If not, this needs to be changed to "3-clause BSD License" since there are at least three different licenses BSD could refer to (and 2 of them could be standard and improved...) > > So, it does not acknowledge of any BSD code that isn't copyrighted by > Miller, while not saying right away that Miller is the guy who holds the > copyright to the core (not counting expr~), and it's confusing people by > claiming GPL3 status in a way that would make people believe that the core > part > is GPL3 too. > >> I think a library was dropped recently because the license was too > restrictive for GPL3. > > Stating what the licensing goals are, is different from stating which > license(s) > are in used, in which parts of Pd-extended. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > | Mathieu BOUCHARD ----- téléphone : +1.514.383.3801 ----- Montréal, QC > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
