hart@blackjack.dt.navy.mil (Michael Hart) (09/19/90)
In <1990Sep16.224644.28322@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes: >david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes: >[tracing back a couple levels] >Speaking of Berkeley, could someone (David, perhaps, since you said it?:-) > [stuff obviously deleted].......... >explain why it would be desirable to free the code from Berkeley licensing? >The BSD license is about as cheap and un-restrictive as they come; it's the >next best thing to PD. Where possible, they've released pieces of code that >aren't subject to AT&T license; in any case, you get the code with little >more than a charge for media/copying, and a license that says little more >than "leave our copyright on, acknowledge us, don't hold us responsible, >now go have fun with it." If CMU is trying to make a system generally >available, I think they'd be foolish to be at cross purposes with Berkeley. >-- >Dick Dunn rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd Boulder, CO (303)449-2870 > ...I'm not cynical - just experienced. I'm a relative newcomer to this wonderful, weird thing called Unix(tm):-) Do I read the above correctly re: BSD licenses? Can anyone (or almost anyone) get a BSD license for source code? I thought it was much more restrictive. Anyone have the straight poop on this, and care to share it??? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael G. Hart hart@blackjack.dt.navy.mil / mhart@dtrc.dt.navy.mil DTRC/DoD | "Wherever you go, there you are."- me DISCLAIMER: If you want the Navy's opinion, talk to Secretary Cheney.