Free?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Adam D. Ruppe" <destructionator at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:j7vb86$2ljc$1 at digitalmars.com...
> It's the dual licensing thing I like about the GPL - you can
> be about the freedom, while still keeping a money making opportunity.
>
> I also like how it makes a stand on the freedom issue, a strong one.
>
>
> The BSD license is the one I loathe and despise. It puts an annoying
> restriction on you, without gaining anything for the author.
>
> A proprietary license gets the author money. I respect that.
>
> The GPL gives the author his philosophy. I respect that.
>
> The Boost or zlib licenses say "whatever". I respect that.
>
> The BSD license says "whatever... but drop my name all over the place!"
>
> That annoys me.

That's the *OLD* "4-clause" BSD. That clause was recinded over a decade ago, 
resulting in the "3-clause" which says "don't use my name" (which is kinda 
weird...and it's even weirder that the 4-clause apperently said *both* "drop 
my name all over the place" *and* "don't use my name". Seriously, WTF?). But 
now there's also a "2-clause" one that removes that restriction too, 
rendering it equivalent to MIT:

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php