Re: License question

[Misshielle Wong]

Hi

> This is also known as the BSD 'advertisement' clause which was the
> main reason we could never use BSD code in the old days. Berkeley has
> since updated their license and removed this clause from it, however
> the license still poses a problem since it doesn't include an explicit
> patent license grant, but thats a completely different issue.

No, the advertising clause is not present in the license in question. 
Following is the original BSD license, which includes the advertising 
clause. It is clause #3.
====
Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights 
reserved.

This software was developed by the Computer Systems Engineering group at 
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under DARPA contract BG 91-66 and contributed 
to Berkeley.

All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must 
display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software 
developed by the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 
must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software 
developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors.
4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 
without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR 
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER 
CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 
SUCH DAMAGE.
====

> Cheers,
> Jes



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