#66: 4-clause BSD issue
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Reporter: myschizobuddy | Owner: myschizobuddy
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: Fedora 13
Component: FEL | Version: devel
Resolution: | Keywords: 4-clause BSD
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Comment (by myschizobuddy):
Reply from Fedora Legal
It is permitted, but it is worth mentioning that because of the
"advertising" clause, this license is GPL incompatible, which may cause
problems with other software.
The original author of the BSD license (Regents of the University of
California) has stopped using the advertising clause, and has withdrawn
it from all code for which they are the copyright holder. I would
strongly advise the NanoTCAD developer to also drop the advertising
clause.
For more information, see:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#UC_Berkeley_advertising_clause
/ UC_Berkeley_advertising_clause]
Thanks,
Tom Callaway, Fedora Legal
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