convore.json/groups/oss-licenses/bsd-and-mitx11/messages.json

[{"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298739455.32885, "message": "So I'm curious, why would one choose one over the other? I presume there's historical reasons why both exist and are still popular today. Can anyone offer some insight as to why? (Just curious, since I work on a few different projects and may be changing the license at some point.)", "group_id": 4211, "id": 214858}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298740858.682235, "message": "@jow I'm the same, I just didn't want to bias my original question. I'm just curious to hear why people who choose the BSD license do so. I'm guessing it's probably a \"Who cares, it works.\" kinda thing but I wouldn't want to assume that falsely.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 214952}, {"user_id": 1933, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298740692.7446139, "message": "In my opinion MIT and BSD are the same license. Its up to you to take the one you're liking more. I mostly use MIT because it's clear and short.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 214938}, {"user_id": 1933, "stars": [{"date_created": 1298741163.0459411, "user_id": 3617}], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298741105.9501131, "message": "@BiosElement the only real difference is if you use the BSD-3-clause version with the adverstisment clause. Otherwise they are nearly the same. I chose the MIT license because it formulates clearly what you can do with the object provided under the license.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 214974}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298741214.5632491, "message": "@jow I kinda figured. Ironically the advertisement clause caused a great deal of confusion with a project I was helping with, so they ended up going to the MIT just because they didn't understand the specifics. (Can I say I based it off product X? Can I credit the original authors?)", "group_id": 4211, "id": 214979}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298743466.5560839, "message": "There was a convention held that made some of the language in the BSD license unnecessary, making it even shorter (one of the big benefits of MIT/BSD).", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215086}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298743293.593235, "message": "ISC License is another one that's almost identical to the two. I've switched to it from MIT lately.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215069}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298743473.0927739, "message": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215087}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298745527.338315, "message": "*UoW (Convore, edit button. We need it bad...)", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215225}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298744832.4128201, "message": "@kennethreitz I actually just heard of that today and was meaning to read it over.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215195}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298745027.2838261, "message": "@kennethreitz I'm reading it over now. I'm curious though if it would have enough legal standing in countries that are not signatories to the Berne Convention.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215208}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298745669.939508, "message": "I agree, I think the license is just fine.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215227}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298744861.6057241, "message": "Yeah, I just found out about it a few weeks ago", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215202}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298744867.131197, "message": "It's really good though.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215203}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298745469.345289, "message": "Eh, I don't get the UoF's issue there, the license was clear to begin with. But I guess another word to avoid nonsense is worth it.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215224}, {"user_id": 3617, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298745325.678479, "message": "@kennethreitz I don't see the fuss over that, personally. Maybe I'm missing something but it seems about the same either way to me. Maybe it's meant to mean you can 'just' distribute it without changing anything if you choose?", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215220}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298745356.803627, "message": "I believe so. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ISC", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215222}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298745266.303566, "message": "Looking further into it, there has been some discussion about the 'and/or' usage.", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215213}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298745296.736989, "message": "Richard Stalman had that added", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215218}, {"user_id": 8391, "stars": [], "topic_id": 9256, "date_created": 1298745387.3351791, "message": "\"This license does have an unfortunate wording choice: it provides recipients with \"Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software....\" This is roughly the same language from the license of Pine that the University of Washington later claimed prohibited people from distributing modified versions of the software.\"", "group_id": 4211, "id": 215223}]