How should ports refer to the 2-clause BSD license?

Lawrence Velázquez larryv at macports.org
Mon Dec 5 00:25:58 CET 2016


> On Dec 4, 2016, at 12:11 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Dec 4, 2016, at 10:49, Lawrence Velázquez <larryv at macports.org> wrote:
>> 
>> The checking script only mentions BSD (3-clause) and BSD-old
>> (4-clause).
> 
> As far as I was aware, we were referring to all three versions of the
> BSD licensee as "BSD". Is there a reason to do otherwise?

At a minimum, the 4-clause license must be distinguished as "BSD-old"
because it is not compatible with the GPL.

If we've already been referring to the 2-clause license as "BSD", it's
probably fine (from a practical standpoint) to continue doing so,
although the ambiguity doesn't sit well with me.

vq


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