Re: [Fink-devel] Question about a licence classification

[Jeremy H. <fi...@hi...>]

OK, thanks for the clarification. What do you suggest I list it as in 
the package description?

Thanks!

On 23 Nov 2004, at 13:35, David R. Morrison wrote:

> BSD-type licenses generally don't identify themselves as "BSD."
>
> The MIT X-license also counts as a BSD-type license, for example.
>
>   -- Dave
>
> On Nov 21, 2004, at 8:57 PM, Jeremy Higgs wrote:
>
>>
>> On 22 Nov 2004, at 2:03, Benjamin Reed wrote:
>>
>>> Jeremy Higgs wrote:
>>>
>>>> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>>>> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
>>>> are met:
>>>> 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
>>>>    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>>>> 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>>>>    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in 
>>>> the
>>>>    documentation and/or other materials provided with the 
>>>> distribution.
>>>> 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 
>>>> products
>>>>    derived from this software without specific prior written 
>>>> permission.
>>>
>>> this sounds a lot like the BSD license to me
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, Ben!
>>
>> So even though it doesn't mention the BSD license in the license 
>> itself, it's alright to classify it as BSD?
>