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www/licenses license-list.html
From: |
Therese Godefroy |
Subject: |
www/licenses license-list.html |
Date: |
Tue, 8 Jan 2019 04:19:19 -0500 (EST) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/01/08 04:19:19
Modified files:
licenses : license-list.html
Log message:
Fix quotes and emphasis.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.502&r2=1.503
Patches:
Index: license-list.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.502
retrieving revision 1.503
diff -u -b -r1.502 -r1.503
--- license-list.html 8 Jan 2019 04:39:05 -0000 1.502
+++ license-list.html 8 Jan 2019 09:19:15 -0000 1.503
@@ -652,9 +652,9 @@
<dd>
<p>This license is sometimes also known as the OpenBSD License. It is a free
software license, and compatible with the GNU GPL.</p>
-<p>This license had an unfortunate wording choice: it provided recipients with
"Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
software…". This was 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>This license had an unfortunate wording choice: it provided recipients with
“Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
software…” This was 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. ISC also updated the
license to read "Permission to use, copy, modify, *and/or* distribute this
software…". While the inclusion of "and/or" doesn't
completely solve the issue, 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="#FreeBSD">FreeBSD License</a> is similarly permissive
and brief. However, if you want a lax, weak license, we recommend using the
Apache 2.0 license.</p></dd>
+<p>ISC has told us they do not share the University of Washington's
interpretation, and we have every reason to believe them. ISC also updated the
license to read “Permission to use, copy, modify, <strong>and/or</strong>
distribute this software…” While the inclusion of
“and/or” doesn't completely solve the issue, 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="#FreeBSD">FreeBSD
License</a> is similarly permissive and brief. However, if you want a lax, weak
license, we recommend using the Apache 2.0 license.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="MPL-2.0"
href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:MPLv2.0">Mozilla Public
@@ -2767,7 +2767,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/01/08 04:39:05 $
+$Date: 2019/01/08 09:19:15 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>