Khimenko Victor wrote:
> >>
> >> Mike> That is true, but I've got one question about it. When UCB
> >> Mike> dropped clause (3), is it across the board for all existing
> >> Mike> BSD licensed software? In other words, if I take BSD source
> >> Mike> that contains the clause, can I now ignore it completely?
> >>
> >> Be aware that there are other authors who published under BSD licence
> >> and did not drop the clause.
> >>
>
> > In other words, the answer to Mike's question is "No".
>
> Wrong. If some author published work under VERBATIM BSD license (witout ANY
> changes, that is using UCB everywhere in text of license and not it's own name)
> he effectively passed copyright to UCB. Thus all *BSD* licensed software (but
> not *BSD-style* licensed software!) now can be distributed without (3) clause.
Once again, anything that is *Copyright University of California* is now
ad-free.
-hpa
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