On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:00:32 -0500 Rob Landley <r...@landley.net> wrote:
> I'm planning to check in the attached www/license.html update after > the 0.4.8 release. Any comments? I have no problem with it. > This doesn't change the actual LICENSE file, it just adds some > explanatory text at the end of the HTML page to go "This permission > grant is functionally equivalent to placing the code in the public > domain, it's just disguised as a BSD license to make people more > comfortable, so you can still use it even if you're afraid of the > public domain due to the 30 year FUD campaign against it. Although if > you don't believe in public domain code why the heck are you using > things like dropbear that's built around the public domain libtommath > and libtomcrypt libraries? The source code in dropbear _says_ it's > public domain in those two subdirectories, but if a random third > party takes public domain code and relicenses it _then_ it's ok? > What's wrong with you..." > > Only, you know, more professionaly phrased. > > Rob > > (I might still be a slight bit grumpy at Bradley and > http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2014/04/11/commons-patents/ and such > going "but public domain, that's SPOOKY" at every darn opportunity...) -- A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
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