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compares with gpl, but not with mit. i would think that gpl and mit are the two licences you would mostly want to consider these days - i don't think i've ever
by zabzonk 4y ago
compares with gpl, but not with mit. i would think that gpl and mit are the two licences you would mostly want to consider these days - i don't think i've ever used any bsd software, but i might be wrong.
- graphe 4y agoLots of websites use BSD. PS3+PS4, osx is more unix then Linux because it's BSD derived.
- bragr 4y agoBSD and MIT (and a handful of others) are basically all the same terms, with slightly different wording.
- zabzonk 4y agowell, the thing about legal documents such as licences is that the devil is in the wording. bsd and mit, to me, seem to have quite different terms.
- mustache_kimono 4y agoCan you explain?
- zabzonk 4y agofor example, some bsd licences have limitations on advertising, and other things. the mit licence is one para that basically says, maintain copyright notices and do what you want.
- loeg 4y ago> some bsd licences have limitations on advertising That's the "4-clause" BSD, which hasn't been very popular (since the 1980s? 90s?). > the mit licence is one para that basically says, maintain copyright notices and do what you want. The 2-clause BSD license is similar in length to the MITL (which is 3 paragraphs) and substantially similar in contents as well.
- nishs 4y agoThe common BSD-style licenses, 2-clause BSD and 3-clause BSD, are similar to the MIT license. The 2-clause BSD is effectively the same as the MIT license. The 3-clause BSD adds "don't use the names of the original software contributors to promote your derived work." (The Go programming language and Chromium use BSD-style licenses.)
- e12e 4y agoYou don't use ssh/opensshd?