On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:50:00AM +0900, OBATA Akio wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:12:52 +0900, Martti Kuparinen <martti.kuparinen@iki.fi> wrote:
> 
> >> And, secondly, why is it GNU-GPL-v[23], the "GNU-" bit is
> >> unnecessary. Or maybe we should call the BSD ones
> >
> > I'd call it "GPL-v[23]" (and LGPL-v[23]).
> 
> GPL is just "General Public License", whose?

Anyone seeing the letters "GPL" in the context of licensing
is well aware of whose licence it is. Analyst groups refer to
it as "the GPL", for example, so there is no ambiguity.
> IMO need prefix "GNU".
> 
> >> 	Berkeley-BSD-4clause
> >
> > IMO this is a too long name...
> 
> BSD == Berkeley Software Distribution.
> IMO "Berkeley-BSD" is tedious expression.

Yes, in much the same way as GNU-GPL is

Regards,
Alistair