Redistribution vs user

[Mark Wells]

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Justin Wells wrote:

> Can the requirement of providing advertising in the original BSD license
> be thought of as consideration?
> 
>    "In consideration of providing us with valuable advertising of
>     our product, we grant you.."
> 
> If so, that's a major advantage for the BSD license over others. What
> other forms of consideration could an open license demand? Obviously it
> can't be monetary, or onerous.

"In consideration of providing us with wider distribution of our product,
we grant you..."