Re: [OFFTOPIC] Gnumenclature was Re: IBM, was never Re: Linux Kernel

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Sat, 9 Jan 1999 19:31:45 -0500 (EST)


On 8 Jan 1999, david parsons wrote:

> ____
> david parsons \bi/ And there's nothing wrong with giving credit where
> \/ credit is due.
>

The real problem with using that sort of BSD licence is that if multiple
people use varrients of it. Say if all the packages in a Linux distro were
under a licence that made adverts contain 'derrived from code developed by
<insert developer here>'. A dist like redhat would have to take out 5 page
adds just to mention the product. :)

The advert clause makes products not scale. :)

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