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BSD two-clause and MIT should be substantially equivalent AFAIK.
by antirez 14y ago
BSD two-clause and MIT should be substantially equivalent AFAIK.
- reidrac 14y agoThe BSD has a "non-endorsement clause" prohibiting the use of the name of the copyright holders in promotion. The OSI approved version of the MIT license doesn't include an equivalent clause (that's the one I usually use in my projects), but some variations of the MIT license do (ie. the X11 license). EDIT: OK, I misread your comment when you said "BSD two-clause". I think you're right, as it removed the "non-endorsement" clause.
- ksec 14y agoYes. I have always wanted to ask. So what is the difference between BSD and MIT?
- rat87 14y agoOriginated at Berkeley vs MIT I guess
- qznc 14y agoBSD 2-clause = MIT (aka X11) The BSD 3-clause and 4-clause variants are a little bit more restrictive, though none of them have this "viral" character of copyleft licences like the GPL. I would advise MIT, because it does not have this "how many clause" confusions.