On 24/05/12 04:29, Benjamin Fritz wrote:
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I did not realize that. What are the reasons, then, for the dual
license? I feel kind of silly for not noticing until we went to the
Google Code repository. I do remember seeing a big licensing
discussion back around that time, where I learned that Google Code
only allows a limited set of licenses, GPL among them, so the fact
that Vim is dual-licensed allowed it to be in Google Code at all. I
guess the change wasn't made for that purpose though. So what were the
reasons, whenever the change was made (for curiosity's sake)?
The following is just a guess. Call it an educated guess if you want.
The Vim license goes far back in the history of Vim, and I think Bram
put a lot of thought (over time) into making it exactly what he wanted.
OTOH the GPL is one of a short list of popular licenses and there may
have been requests to allow licensing Vim under "some well-known
license". Too lax a license (by Bram's standards) would definitely not
have suited him as it would have "forced his hand" into things he wasn't
ready to allow. OTOH, too strict a license is acceptable as an
alternative but not as the only possibility.
Best regards,
Tony.
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