[cas-dev] Updating to the new BSD license

[Scott Battaglia]

Phil,

Thanks for the response.  An "outsiders" opinion is equally important (I
probably should have sent this to cas-users) as they are the ones that
eventually use the software!

It looks like we'll be releasing CAS 3.1.1 under the new BSD license.

Thanks
-Scott

On 9/15/07, Phillip Rhodes <mindcrime at cpphacker.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Scott Battaglia wrote:
> > CAS Developers,
> >
> > We're currently using the old BSD license.  We should probably update to
> > the new BSD license (which isn't quite so new anymore) which removes the
> > advertising clause but is otherwise the same.  Anyone have any
> > objections to this?
>
> I'm not a CAS developer, but if you care for a comment from
> an "outsider" I'd say "go for it."  I've been using CAS for
> a project I'm working on, but was reluctant to go to deep
> with it since it's currently under a GPL incompatible license.
> And while my project isn't GPL (yet) I try to stick to code that
> is at least GPL compatible in case the day comes when I need
> to incorporate something that is GPL'd and therefore have to
> become (or stay) GPL compatible across the board.
>
> If you guys went to the 3 clause BSD license, I'd definitely
> stick with CAS for what I'm doing.
>
> Note that I personally don't have a problem with crediting
> people for their work, but the lack of GPL compatibility alone
> is enough for me (personally) to favor the 3 clause BSD license.
> And since the BSD license still requires keeping the copyright
> notices intact, there is always implicitly a form of attribution
> in any BSD licensed code that is reused anyway.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Phil
>
>
>
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