• gomp@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    Note that even most “permissive” licenses are by definition conditional

    You do realize the whole discussion is about what terms to use for differentiating between GPL-like “restrictive” licenses and BSD-like “permissive” ones? Saying that both are “conditional” really doesn’t help anyone.

    (also “by definition” the license’s grants may be “conditional”, not the license itself - it’s not as if it looses validity under some condition)

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      6 months ago

      You do realize the whole discussion is about what terms to use for differentiating between GPL-like “restrictive” licenses and BSD-like “permissive” ones? Saying that both are “conditional” really doesn’t help anyone.

      That’s fair, I suppose - but going back to the word restrictive, you could also frame the requirement for attribution as a “restriction.”

      DeVault suggests the term “reciprocal” at the end of his post. Another term often used is “share-alike.” Both of these terms, I think, more accurately hint at the exact conditions of the grant without negatively framing it as a “restriction.”