"Adam D. Ruppe" <destructiona...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:j7vdt1$2r48$1...@digitalmars.com... > Even the two clause BSD annoys me because of this: > > "Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the > documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution." > > It strikes me as empty vanity.
Note that (as I read it) MIT is the same way, but just implicitly so: "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software." But I agree it's annoying, and I'm fearful of accidentally forgetting to comply. In fact that's one of the main reasons I favor zlib/libpng over BSD and MIT (the other reasons being that zlib/libpng is easier to read, and zlib/libpng has "no misrepresentation" clauses).
