question before attempting an update on AFL

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Thu Oct 30 18:29:25 UTC 2008


Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Bruce Perens dixit:
> 
>> OK. So, what if Linux came with this requirement, and the shell, and the C
>> library, and a spreadsheet, etc., so that there were a tremendous number of
>> citations required? This would create a hardship.
> 
> Thanks for making my point that this IS actually the BSD advertising
> clause in disguise. These are exactly the reasons why it’s discouraged
> to use, and remember it _is_ OSD-conformant.

No, it's not.  See my earlier post, which notes that old BSD is not
approved.

Matt Flaschen



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