For Approval: The Simplified BSD License

David Woolley forums at david-woolley.me.uk
Fri Sep 7 13:37:50 UTC 2007


John Cowan wrote:

> Of all the reasons for objecting to a license, qualms about its name
> seems to me the least constructive.
> 

It is a reason for changing the name, not for objecting to the actual 
content.  I note that naming has also been raised as an issue for the 
Microsoft Permissive Licence.

I suspect the name is outside of the immutable text in this case.

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