Bug 5944

Summary:	/usr/portage/licenses/BSD is not the current BSD license
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	SpanKY <vapier>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	1.2
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-08-02 21:00:49 UTC

the current license listed as 'BSD' contains the old 'advertise clause' that 
caused so much headache oh so long ago

i suggest we either replace the current BSD file with the newer version 
(basically remove clause #3 about advertising and rename clause #4 to #3) or 
make a different one

nowadays software uses the new BSD license rather than the old one, and many 
programs have changed from the old version to the new one ...
of course not *all* have but many have ;)

Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-11 17:57:03 UTC

spanky, can you either paste the actual license, or gimme a url to it, please?

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2002-08-11 18:11:10 UTC

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php

Comment 3 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-11 18:28:57 UTC

updated, thanks :)