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From: Randal L. Schwartz on 7 Feb 2010 08:52 >>>>> "karthikbalaguru" == karthikbalaguru <karthikbalaguru79(a)gmail.com> writes: karthikbalaguru> 1. This clause was objected to on the grounds that karthikbalaguru> as people changed the license to reflect their karthikbalaguru> name or organization,it led to escalating advertising karthikbalaguru> requirements when programs were combined karthikbalaguru> together in a software distributionevery karthikbalaguru> occurrence of the license with a different name karthikbalaguru> required a separate acknowledgment. As I recall (having been part of this era :), it was a necessary requirement by the state of California (or maybe it was DARPA?) having paid for part of developing BSD that they both be credited for "your tax dollars at work" and simultaneously not blamed if something went wrong. Hence, the first 4-clause BSD license was literally for BSD itself needing this text. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn(a)stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion |