‘bsd-style’ → ‘non-copyleft’

‘bsd-style’ → ‘non-copyleft’

[Ludovic Courtès]

I’ve just renamed ‘bsd-style’ in (guix licenses) to ‘non-copyleft’,
which is less ambiguous (see
<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#BSD-style>.)

(The old binding is still there to avoid breakage, but we’ll remove it
eventually.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Re: ‘bsd-style’ → ‘non-copyleft’

[Daniel Pimentel]

On 2015-03-14 15:32, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
> I’ve just renamed ‘bsd-style’ in (guix licenses) to ‘non-copyleft’,
> which is less ambiguous (see
> <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#BSD-style>.)
> 
> (The old binding is still there to avoid breakage, but we’ll remove it
> eventually.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
It's a good idea :)
-- 
Daniel Pimentel (d4n1)

Re: ‘bsd-style’ → ‘non-copyleft’

[Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer]

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> I’ve just renamed ‘bsd-style’ in (guix licenses) to ‘non-copyleft’,
> which is less ambiguous (see
> <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#BSD-style>.)
>
> (The old binding is still there to avoid breakage, but we’ll remove it
> eventually.)
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.

Sounds like a good decision; I asked myself when to use bsd-style before
because the BSD licenses are each pretty specific and also distinct.
(Are there even any non-BSD licenses that use the BSD-style numbered
list of clauses?)

Another one of my confusions was why we have "x11-style" but not
"expat-style".  But I guess non-copyleft covers that now.

Taylan