[License-discuss] [License-review] Please rename "Free Public License-1.0.0" to 0BSD... again.

Josh Berkus josh at berkus.org
Tue Apr 6 16:30:38 UTC 2021


On 4/6/21 6:36 AM, McCoy Smith wrote:
> My point is that it was submitted to OSI (starting here:
> https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2
> 015-August/002438.html ending here:
> https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-review_lists.opensource.org/2
> 015-November/002617.html ) under the Free Public License 1.0.0 name, and
> erasing that name is going to make it difficult for people trying to
> understand the approval history, as there will be none for the "0BSD
> license" if you don't at least have a pointer to the approval name.

Yeah, I'm OK with listing both names, but the idea that we'd remove the
original approval name, that some people are using, is a non-starter.

The current listing is 100% appropriate given the history of the
license, Rob's hyperbole and ill-considered metaphors notwithstanding.

-- 
Josh Berkus



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