On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:48:58PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 01:58:11PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:51:39PM +0200, Igor Stroh wrote: > > > could someone check this licence[1]? I believe it's somewhat BSD-like, > > > but I'm not quite sure. It's the licence of python-gtk2-tutorial. Since > > > there's no description of what kind of licence this actually is, I'm > > > afraid > > > the ftp-masters won't like it... > > > > This is a GPL-incompatible, copyleft, DFSG-free license. In other > > respects it is a MIT clone, not a BSD one; this is essentially a > > copyleft MIT license. > > There's no such thing as a copyleft MIT license. Fundamental to the > concept of the MIT/BSD license is that they're permissive--they let > you do whatever you want, placing very few restrictions on the work. > "Permissive" and "copyleft" are conflicting adjectives for a license, > in my opinion.
It's more or less a clone of the MIT license, but with a copyleft clause tacked on. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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