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On 03/28/12 21:28, Tim Harder wrote: |
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> On 2012-03-28 Wed 17:31, Richard Yao wrote: |
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>>> Gentoo/FreeBSD is currently using the BSD license, but it seems that |
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>>> this is not the license used by the BSD project: |
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>>> http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html |
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>>> In particular, the FreeBSD license removes the third clause and appends |
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>>> "The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation |
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>>> are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing |
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>>> official policies, either expressed or implied, of the FreeBSD Project." |
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>>> For comparison, here is a link to the BSD license in portage: |
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>>> http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/licenses/BSD?view=markup |
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>>> Does anyone have any objections to committing the FreeBSD license to |
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>>> portage? |
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>> As a small correction, I meant to say the FreeBSD project, not the BSD |
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>> project. |
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> Isn't this just a slightly modified version of the BSD-2 license in the |
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> tree? |
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> Tim |
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You are right. I spoke to ulm about this and the disclaimer can be |
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considered separate from the license. Gentoo/FreeBSD will need to switch |
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to BSD-2, but aside from that, there is no need for a new license. |
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