Re: [Mingw-users] MinGW License query

[Greg C. <chi...@co...>]

On 2007-2-25 17:22 UTC, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> 
> Quoting Jon Grant <jg...@jg...>:
>>
>> Brian Modreski elucidated on 15/02/07 23:01:
>>>
>>> [...] However, the use of a
>>> 'Public Domain' statement rather than a license concerns us.

[snip reasoning that this link
>>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6225
seems to explain in greater detail]

>>> Licenses such as the MIT license or BSD license are popular choices that
>>> offer an alternative very similar to what is desired by making a project
>>> 'public domain' software.
[...]
>>>  We would greatly appreciate it if your project would consider using one
>>> of these licenses to support others in using your software.

Here
  http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html
the "MIT license" is called the "Expat license". AFAIK, that's
the shortest and simplest one that accomplishes the intended
purpose. Is there any reason for MinGW not to use it?