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> Either this clause is needed for the entire world (since BSD is used for trademark'd software all the time), or it's not needed at all. I'm not sure I follow
by baddox 12y ago
> Either this clause is needed for the entire world (since BSD is used for trademark'd software all the time), or it's not needed at all.
I'm not sure I follow your argument. Obviously, different individuals/organizations desire different licenses for the software they produce. If that wasn't the case, one could argue that only one software license should exist. Also, as we all know, software licenses are a fairly tricky legal matter. Perhaps Apple's lawyers just decided that adding that sentence is safer.
- hobarrera 12y agoThe problem is this has different wording, not different legal consequences.
- JohnTHaller 12y agoWhatever the motivation, this makes code released under Apple's custom BSD license incompatible with other open source licenses, so you can't use this code in other projects.