[nycbug-talk] good explanation of BSD license

[Dru]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2004, Trish Lynch wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Dru wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm looking for a good URL explaining the benefits of the BSD license for
>> those who are unfamiliar with it. So far I've found this so-so
>> explanation:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_and_GPL_licensing
>>
>> Anyone aware of a better URL to either an explanation of the differences
>> between the two licenses or a whitepaper touting the benefits of the BSD
>> license? My audience will be government and mostly non-technical.
>>
>> Dru
>
>
> I once wriote an article o the BSD licenmsing for a layperson in an issue
> of Open Magazine years ago. The magazine is now defunct, but some people
> may retain copies....
>
> mine are lost... so I can't find them...
>
> however I think the one point that someone who is a BSD licensing advocate
> can drive home is that modified works can be recopyrighted and
> modifications kept internal, with no licensing clause that mandates
> sharing the changes...
>
>
> This is a big boon to both government and private sector development where
> things can indeed remain internal or classified.


Exactly. And that is the audience for this venue. I'll poke about 
archive.org to see if they have a cached copy.

Dru