www/licenses license-list.html

[Joshua Gay]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Joshua Gay <josh>       16/07/08 16:13:51

Modified files:
        licenses       : license-list.html 

Log message:
        revised wording of ISC license entry based on suggestions from Karl 
Berry

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.465&r2=1.466

Patches:
Index: license-list.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.465
retrieving revision 1.466
diff -u -b -r1.465 -r1.466
--- license-list.html   29 Jun 2016 14:45:13 -0000      1.465
+++ license-list.html   8 Jul 2016 16:13:51 -0000       1.466
@@ -633,23 +633,30 @@
     ISC License</a>
     <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a href="#ISC">#ISC</a>)</span></dt>
 <dd>
-<p>This license is sometimes also known as the OpenBSD License.  It is a
-lax, permissive free software license, and compatible with the GNU GPL.</p>
+<p>This is a lax, permissive free software license, and compatible
+with the GNU GPL.</p> 
 
-<p>This license does have an unfortunate wording choice: it provides
-recipients with &quot;Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute
-this software&hellip;&quot; This is roughly the same language from the
-license of Pine that the University of Washington later claimed
-prohibited people from distributing modified versions of the
-software.</p>
-
-<p>ISC has told us they do not share the University of Washington's
-interpretation, and we have every reason to believe them.  Thus, there's
-no reason to avoid software released under this license.  However, to
-help make sure this language cannot cause any trouble in the future, we
-encourage developers to choose a different license for their own works.
-The <a href="#Expat">Expat License</a> and <a href="#FreeBSD">FreeBSD
-License</a> are similarly permissive and brief.</p></dd>
+<p>This license is sometimes also known as the OpenBSD License,
+although there is one minor difference between the two licenses. The
+OpenBSD license was updated to remove the ambiguous term:
+&quot;and/or&quot;. The ISC license provides recipients with
+&quot;Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this
+software&hellip;&quot;, whereas the OpenBSD license provides
+recipients with &quot;Permission to use, copy, modify, and
+distribute&hellip;&quot;. </p>
+
+<p>At the time the ISC license was released, the use of
+&quot;and/or&quot; construct was a concern because it is similar
+language used in the license of Pine that the University of Washington
+later claimed prohibited people from distributing modified versions of
+the software. However, ISC has told us they do not share the
+University of Washington's interpretation, and we have every reason to
+believe them.  Thus, there's no reason to avoid software released
+under this license.  However, to help make sure this language cannot
+cause any trouble in the future, we encourage developers to choose a
+different license for their own works.  The <a href="#Expat">Expat
+License</a> and <a href="#FreeBSD">FreeBSD License</a> are similarly
+permissive and brief.</p></dd>
 
 
 <dt><a id="MPL-2.0"
@@ -2650,7 +2657,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/06/29 14:45:13 $
+$Date: 2016/07/08 16:13:51 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>