Apache foundation moves Facebook BSD+Patents license to "Category X"

2017-07-16 Thread Jeff Epler
I have become aware of Apache's decision about whether this license meets their own freeness requirements, which of course are different than Debian's: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-303?focusedCommentId=16088663&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#

Re: BSD license type?

2017-07-16 Thread jpaugh
Ole, The main problem I see, is that including the term "BSD" confers an amount of reputation and trust which does not exist. Clarifying the situation would make it a verbose "short" name, and could be done much better as a preamble to the license text. With a custom name, I'm forced to actual