Hi there, On 12 May 2014 17:44, Dimitris Papastamos <s...@2f30.org> wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:20:26AM -0300, Amadeus Folego wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I just noticed most of suckless projects use the MIT License, and I just >> wondered if there was any place on the suckless wiki that stated why >> this was preferred, but found none. >> >> So I thought that maybe this was something largely discussed already and >> searched on the mailing list archives but found nothing as well. >> >> So, given this context, is there any manifesto about this particular License >> choice? E.G is there a reason to avoid GPL? >> >> And if there is any consensus on this, can we display it somewhere >> visible on the wiki? >> >> Kind regards, Amadeus. > > It is simple to understand. MIT/X does not require a Ph.D in Law.
Exactly. suckless.org uses MIT/X for most projects just because it is the simplest wide-spread FLOSS license everybody can understand. Arguing that US military could use MIT/X licensed software, but can't use GPL'ed or Peace licensed software is quite dumb and naive. Personally I don't want to harm or injure people with the software suckless.org publishes, but nobody would be able to totally exclude such a possibility due to some stupid license phrases. Having said this, there is no reason to change the licenses for suckless.org projects. MIT/X will remain the license of choice. And we had similar discussions several years ago. If someone is interested, grep the mail archive. Best regards, Anselm
