Re: There is BSD in libguile

[Michael Tiedtke]

On 02/07/2015 15:08, David Kastrup wrote:
> Michael Tiedtke <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I just found a BSD copyright notice in inet_aton for the 1.8
> > branch. But then the GNU C library as well contains BSD code. We're
> > all going BSD, aren't we?
> Try to catch up.  Networking stack and utilities have been from BSDlite
> (?) in both Linux kernel and GNU from the getgo.  That's what the BSD
> licenses are about: being compatible with other licensing schemes.
>
> It does makes for an inconsistency in command line usage.
>
> Most net tools on GNU/Linux, if at all, support only the --help and
> --version GNU-style long options.
>
> Classics like "ping" don't even support those.
>
> MIT-licensed programs like the normal display server "X" don't support
> --help and --version either but have long options with a _single_ dash,
> like -display.
>
> Again, it's not like the X Window system is particularly new in
> GNU/Linux.  The GNU project never was about reinventing the wheel when
> free alternatives were already available.
GNU for me was bit of fascinating self enforcing libertarian ideology - 
on the Internet. But the BSD acknowledgement makes for a good pseudo 
commercial advertising on the VSI Launchpad: 
https://launchpad.net/viper-system-interface

"... inked in 30 seconds instead of 3 minutes.

What lies ahead is a lot of renaming and else ...

Found BSD in the sources. Thanks BSD:

  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."

It just looks a little bit like the Windows copyright notice and the Mac 
OS X no-boot-screen first kernel message. VSI on the other hand is just 
that: VIper's System Interface. Perhaps I should relicense it to HP? 
This message could be considered a marketing effort, too. In is own 
terms about VSI but the acknowledgement is there. ;-)