[License-discuss] BSD, MIT [was Re: Draft of new OSI licenses landing page; please review.]

[Jim Jagielski]

On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 02:48:38PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
>> Chad Perrin scripsit:
>> 
>>> Before pushing such a change, perhaps we should consider the meaning of
>>> Apache 2.0 License section 4, subsections 2 and 4.  There's more to
>>> "permissive" than "isn't copyleft", and Apache is a somewhat less
>>> permissive license.
>> 
>> Those both have to do with making sure attribution (and blame) go to
>> the right people.  I don't see them as serious restrictions on reuse.
> 
> Like many of the worst laws contemplated in US Congress, it specifies
> implementation rather than principle.  This can cause problems, such that
> there are cases where it is inappropriate to use the license based on
> those clauses.
> 

Such as?