[Box Backup] Exclude lists

Jamie Neil boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:12:16 +0000


Martin Ebourne wrote:
> Not the standard 4 clause BSD licence as used for Box - it contains the
> attribution clause ("contains software written by...") which is not
> compatible with the GPL. (See the gnu site for a detailed explanation.)
> 
> I believe what you say would be true for the modified 3 clause BSD
> licence (the same, but missing the attribution clause), but that's not
> relevant here.

I wasn't aware of this distinction - I stand corrected.

Ben - not wishing to seem rude, but is the attribution clause important 
to you?

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