[ILUG] GPL clarification.

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Colm Buckley (colm at tuatha.org):

> Sounds like the BSD license is the closest one to what you want.  There 
> are several variations, but basically the only "right" which it 
> reserves is the right for you to be identified as the author and 
> creator of the code.

1.  That right is actually inherent in the copyright statutes of various 
    jurisdictions.

2.  The various versions of the BSD licence also contain a
    no-endorsements clause.  (Users of the software are barred from
    using the name of the organization or contributors to endorse or
    promote products.)

3.  They have no provisions covering any necessary patent grant or
    warranty of copyright ownership.  People who are considering BSD
    licensing might well consider the Academic Free License, which 
    is similar (non-copyleft) but better drafted.
    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/afl-2.1.php