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Re: odd sgi licence



Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost> writes:

>   https://github.com/glmark2/glmark2/blob/master/COPYING.SGI
>
> isn't the same as sgi-free-software-b-v2.0, yet
>
>   http://www.sgi.com/tech/opengl/
>
> suggests that sgi-free-software-b-v2.0 is the currently available licence.
>
> Add this other one? If so under what name? and would it be acceptable
> by default?

We try not to judge ourselves, but that can get silly.  On quick read,
the COPYING.SGI looks very close to original-bsd, but not in text.  (The
US government restricted rights bit can be ignored; it's about defense
contracting and not relevant to the rest of the world.)   So sometimes I
run wdiff from a license to all the licenses and see which is closest,
and if it's close enough to be the same.

That license seems obviously Free, and effectively equivalent to
modified-bsd.   The normal question is whether it has been approved by
FSF or OSI, to keep us out of the business of judging licenses.  I
supppose SGI is defunct and asking them to get it approved or blessed is
not practical though.

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