[Toybox] license.html page update.

[David Seikel]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:00:32 -0500 Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:

> I'm planning to check in the attached www/license.html update after
> the 0.4.8 release. Any comments?

I have no problem with it.

> This doesn't change the actual LICENSE file, it just adds some
> explanatory text at the end of the HTML page to go "This permission
> grant is functionally equivalent to placing the code in the public
> domain, it's just disguised as a BSD license to make people more
> comfortable, so you can still use it even if you're afraid of the
> public domain due to the 30 year FUD campaign against it. Although if
> you don't believe in public domain code why the heck are you using
> things like dropbear that's built around the public domain libtommath
> and libtomcrypt libraries? The source code in dropbear _says_ it's
> public domain in those two subdirectories, but if a random third
> party takes public domain code and relicenses it _then_ it's ok?
> What's wrong with you..."
> 
> Only, you know, more professionaly phrased.
> 
> Rob
> 
> (I might still be a slight bit grumpy at Bradley and
> http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2014/04/11/commons-patents/ and such
> going "but public domain, that's SPOOKY" at every darn opportunity...)


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