Re: The new apache license, et al.

["Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>]

In message <4034EAC2.1020306@comcast.net>
	so spake gabe f (gabe_1):

> Both the Apache and the XFree86 license updates only act to inhibit a
> party who wanted to incorporate their software in a product and pretend
> that they hadn't. They don't inhibit advertising, they don't inhibit
> profit, they don't inhibit
> source changes, they don't require source disclosure. They do protect
> their own name integrity and demand credit where credit is due, but
> do not require it in a specified way -- you can give them credit in
> any way that is most convenient for you and your customers.
> 
> OBSD might be wise to make similar additions to their own license.

You've got to be joking.  The whole point of a liberal license is
to make the code usable to as many people as possible.  The copyright
notice that new code in OpenBSD uses (based on the ISC one) is
*designed* to allow integration of sources into another project
without imposing cumbersome restrictions.  We want people to _use_
our code, not put up barriers.

I'm going to be blunt here.  I think a lot of the license nonsense
has to do with people with inflated egos wanting to see their names
up in lights.  It seems to have very little to do with what is best
for the users of the code.  Just say no to the cult of personality...

 - todd