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I think the real lesson here is not to write your own license but to use well-known ones. There are lots of permissive licenses that are also compatible with th
by Flimm 13y ago
I think the real lesson here is not to write your own license but to use well-known ones. There are lots of permissive licenses that are also compatible with the GPL.
- Xylakant 13y ago4-clause BSD is actually the original BSD license, even though it's not very common nowadays. According to wikipedia, it was first used in 1990 or before, so roundabout the same time as the GPL v1 (1989). It's certainly not self-written. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#4-clause_license_.28original_.22BSD_License.22.29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#4-clause_license_...
- dllthomas 13y agoThe principle of "pick from among the most common" still holds, though, of which drafting your own license is the most extreme violation.