On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:06:25 +0200 Simon Josefsson wrote: > Francesco Poli <frx@firenze.linux.it> writes: [...] > > Good job! > > Thanks, that helps me going. :) You are welcome... [...] > > These considerations lead to the following proposed rephrasing: > > > > | If you prefer another widely recognized free license instead, the > > | following ones are also fine: > > | * the 3-clause BSD license > > | http://www.gnu.org/licenses/info/BSD_3Clause.html > > | * the GNU GPL version 2 > > | http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.txt > > | * the Expat/MIT license > > | http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt > > I agree, and please update the wiki page with this. (I can do it on > Monday otherwise, when I also intend to file the bug reports.) I don't know whether I'll have enough time to do it personally. Let's do as follows: I see if I can modify the wiki page on Sunday; you look at the wiki page on Monday and, if it's not already updated, you do the changes. OK? > > Btw, one variant of the "MIT License" is described at: > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php That is the Expat license, word for word identical. > > As far as I'm aware, there is no canonical organization or similar > behind the MIT license, so it is difficult to find out whether we are > using the correct term for the correct license. The fact is that it's *one* of the licenses historically used by MIT. But MIT used many other licenses as well, so referring to it as the "MIT license" is a bit vague. Moreover the X11 license is also known as the "MIT license" as well; hence the name "MIT license" is an ambiguous label. As already explained, "X11 license" is also vague... :-( P.S.: Please do not Cc: my personal address when replying to the list, as I didn't ask to be copied. Thanks. -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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