[License-review] veto against Unlicense
Langley, Stuart
Stuart.Langley at disney.com
Mon Jun 1 23:39:14 UTC 2020
Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> Huh. It honestly hadn't occured to me to see it that way. From a
> developer perspective the unlicense is pretty clear. If I was to fault
> it on something, it's the fact that there's no requirement to include
> the license on redistribution, making me wonder how effective the
> warranty disclaimer is.
[STL] I think your perspective is important. What developers intend when they use the license is important.
> You're certainly correct that it doesn't contain the terms "grant" or
> "permission" though. Neither does the BSD license, though.
[STL]
Every time I see this statement I go back and look at BSD. BSD clearly has "are permitted" language.
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