Re: OT: BSD License ?

[Marcus Meissner]

> > > If Microsoft picked up some of the code in Wine ,
> >
> > I doubt this will happen ;)
>
> I just picked Microsoft for effect ..
> > > wouldn't they need to
> > > include the copyright , permissions notice, and the authors list? It
> > > looks like the license isn't clear as to where the Copyright needs to be
> > > displayed? Could anyone clear this up?
> >
> > The X11 license we use does not require you to do so. This is intentional.
>
> What was the reason for using the X11 license as opposed to a BSD
> license?

We switched from the BSD license to the X11 license on 2000/4/24
to enable commercial companies to be able to include WINE into their
products.

Ciao, Marcus