BSD+1 License

Bani borboleta at gmail.com
Tue Apr 6 02:47:34 UTC 2010


On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Stefano Vincenzi
<s_vincenzi at lavabit.com> wrote:
> hmm, that's right... the main distinction should be made for distribution of
> binaries; commercial or non-commercial is not relevant. So, if I understand
> it correctly the GPL doesn't allow for binary-only distribution?

Exactly

> By publishing I mean in general, the clause doesn't state "publish to the
> original author". It is implied (I know, bad idea for a license to use
> assumptions) that publishing means making the source code available.
>
> N/ please reply to the list also so that we don't get 2 identical posts on
> our inbox.

Just keep in mind that if the code isn't distributed, then you can't
make people publish the code if they don't want to. This has to do
with the copyright law in U.S., which doesn't protect "personal" use.



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