Still no new license -- but draft text available

[John W. Stevens]

William Tanksley wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:41:21 -0600, John W. Stevens wrote:
> >I've thought about taking projects released under the BSD license,
> >cloning them, then releasing them under the more generous GPL license.
> >Such is life . . .
> 
> Pardon, but how could BSD possibly be less generous than GPL?  The GPL
> disallows a lot of distribution methods; the BSD license disallows none.

Exactly . . . and stealing is a form of distribution.

> Does the GPL allow something that the BSD doesn't?

Yes, it does . . . it allows you access to the modifications made by
others to your work.

> My preference: either the LGPL or some variant of the BSD license.

Everybody is entitled to a preference.

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If I spoke for HP --- there probably wouldn't BE an HP!

John Stevens
jstevens at basho.fc.hp.com