In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 16 May 2006 14:31:46 -0700, "David 
Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

davids> 
davids> > In message
davids> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
davids> > com> on Tue, 16 May 2006 12:27:27 -0400, Richard Salz
davids> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
davids> >
davids> > rsalz> As for BSD/advertising dicussions, the SSLeay license is
davids> > rsalz> characterized as "BSD with copyright."  It's not pure BSD, and
davids> > rsalz> so whether or not the current BSD license has an advertising
davids> > rsalz> clause is not relevant.
davids> >
davids> > Richard, you normally make sense, but reading this, I have to ask what
davids> > the hell you're talking about!  At this point, I fully expect you to
davids> > know what copyright is and what a license is.  Among others, there is
davids> > no such thing as "BSD with copyright" because that would imply there
davids> > is a "BSD *without* copyright", and unless BSD suddenly turned public
davids> > domain when I wasn't watching, that's just absurd.
davids> 
davids>         I think when he said "BSD with copyright" he meant
davids> "BSD with advertising clause" or something similar.

Ah...  makes sense.

Richard, sorry for the lash.  I've been in x too many discussions
where people don't understand the difference between copyright and
license, and I guess it got to me.  My appologies.

Cheers,
Richard

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