From 027a3c459c3092c4965b5490c5ecc617e24bcbe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Landley Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:17:14 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Link to the choose-a-license thread posts at the end of the "why" section. --- www/license.html | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/www/license.html b/www/license.html index 55521e73..a7233132 100755 --- a/www/license.html +++ b/www/license.html @@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ by sticking the two licenses at opposite ends of the file and hoping nobody noticed. -

Note: I asked Kirk McKusick for permission to call this a BSD license at +

I asked Kirk McKusick for permission to call this a BSD license at a conference shortly before I started using the name, and again in 2018.

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In 2017 while walking 0BSD through the github choose-a-license approval +process, I copied to my blog two very long posts in the thread +(part one, +part two) +explaining why the license is like that and what it was trying to +accomplish. It seems to have been convincing.