Re: Is the old BSD licence DFSG compliant?

[tb@mit.edu (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> writes:

> sorry if it's a FAQ, but I didn't find a place where it stands
> explicitely: Is the old BSD licence (with the advertising clause) DFSG
> compliant? I did read the Debian Social Contract and the DFSG and I
> didn't find any reason why it shouldn't, or did I miss something?

If it's actually copyright UCB, then the advertising clause has been
revoked by Berkeley, and you can delete the paragraph and move on.

(This applies ONLY if the copyright holder is UC Berkeley, not anyone
else.)

Thomas