> X11 is close to BSD, I think you are right about the main difference > being the credit elsewhere. I think BSD dropped the requirment of > credit in advertising, but still requires credit on program startup. > I am not an expert on liceses, so I don't keep track of the details.
Actually BSD doesnt say where... it just says "must credit". When people asked us on Indy, we told them we would trust them to make the best judgment where to credit, but that we suggested the about box and/or credits section in the docs. I *really* love BSD as I think it gives proper credit yet is unrestrictive and *promotes* adoption of the software. For me - thats one of the primary goals of the software is to "change the world" or at least change the developers world. :) So I guess I'd prefer BSD over X11, but I'd be perfectly fine with X11 as well. i.e. no objections from me. MPL is another one that I've found useful. We didnt so much chose it for Indy. When Borland decided to ship Indy, they had some legal issues regarding requirements of their customers. So we added MPL to meet that after analyzing many license. Sine Indy was originally BSD - we basically had a "right" to easily relicense it of sorts. Maybe there was a technicality - but we credited it via BSD in the MPL... Plus the admin team approved it. Maybe there was still a small technicality.. dunno but everyone seemed happy and most users contributed their code with no strings attached, basically allowing the admin team to license it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ SharpOS-Developers mailing list SharpOS-Developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sharpos-developers
