Communication skills

[Tzeng, Nigel H.]

+1 on Simplified (2-clause) BSD license
-1 on name variants that include "FreeBSD".  That FreeBSD uses this license and this license was known by some as the FreeBSD license can be clarified in the description of the license.
 
Actually, I wouldn't be adverse to "3-clause Permissive License" and "2-clause Permissive License" (3PL and 2PL).  BSDs are not the only folks that might not want a competitor's name on the license they use. :)
 
Out of curiosity, why doesn't the OSI have a basic permissive license that has all the "best" features of various BSD and MIT variants?  Using an "OSI <n> Clause" permissive license seems neutral and reasonable.

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From: Zak Greant [mailto:zak.greant at gmail.com]
Sent: Thu 11/15/2007 4:07 PM
To: Chris Travers
Cc: License Discuss
Subject: Re: Communication skills



On 11/15/07, Chris Travers <chris.travers at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, it seems like the typical name for this license is "The 2-clase
> BSD License."
>
> We are likely to run into confusion over the names like "New BSD License."
>
> Maybe we should rename the licenses as followes:
> The New (3-clause) BSD License
> The Simplified (2-clause) BSD License

+1

People get confused about this often enough to warrant clarification in the name

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Cheers!
--zak


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