Re: [png-mng-misc] FW: [png-mng-implement] zlib/libpng license name

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From: "Cosmin Truta" <co...@cs...>

The confusion factor should be considered. I don't think the merits of
libpng and its developers have anything to suffer if we call zlib's
license "the zlib license" and we call libpng's license "the libpng
license".

       There are a number of other authors who have applied the
       OSI-approved license called "zlib/libpng license" to their
       projects.  I think if zlib/libpng license were to suddenly
       disappear, that would cause confusion.

       The zlib people are of course perfectly free to call
       theirs the "zlib license" or the "zlib/libpng license".

       We are not free to call ours the "zlib/libpng" license
       because that's not what we use.  So we have to call
       ours something else, e.g., the "libpng license", or
       we could continue to use an unnamed license.  If
       you look at the first message in this thread you
       will find that I was confused by our using a license
       with no name.

       Glenn