FreeBSD BSD License 3 -> 2 Clause History

[Warner Losh]

> On Dec 30, 2014, at 8:24 PM, grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
>> I think you are reading more into that commit than it contains:
>> It merely asserted "Copyright of Compilation" over FreeBSD.
> 
> Likely. My original post wasn't worded well. I was mostly interested
> in the rationale of removing the endorsement clause (from a license
> writers perspective of new work, not any particular application of same),
> which though 'simpler and more free', would seem a tricky thing to give
> up, or to model new work on after having seen 3-clause texts.

The endorsement clause is really a legal nothing. Other, existing law requires
explicit permission to use one’s name and/or likeness in endorsement, so having
it there didn’t change anything. You are already prohibited from using the names
of people or organizations without their permission.

Warner

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