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

[Josh Berkus]

On 10/16/2018 12:45 PM, Richard Fontana wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 06:45:03AM +0100, Simon Phipps wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 06:38 Josh Berkus, <josh at berkus.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm still not keen on calling anything "BSD" that has no historical
>>> relationship to Berkeley, but apparently I'm alone in that opinion.
>>>
>>
>> I share this concern. BSD is not related to the license author's trademark
>> as far as I am aware.
> 
> Back in 2015 I and one or more others pointed out that one problem
> with the "Zero Clause BSD" name is that the license is not textually
> based on any version of the BSD license -- rather, it is an alteration
> of the ISC license. I think Rob Landley has acknowledged this but has
> pointed out that use of the well-known "BSD" in the name would assist
> with marketing and explaining the license.

Eh?  Then why not call it the 0GPL then?  That's an even more
recognizable license name.

We should not be in the business of approving license names that deceive
users.  -1 from me.


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Josh Berkus