[Hackage] #561: Use the recommended name for the MIT license: X11.
#561: Use the recommended name for the MIT license: X11. ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: marcot | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Cabal specification | Version: HEAD Severity: minor | Keywords: License Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Ghcversion: Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- According to http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html , about the X11 license: "This license is sometimes called the MIT license, but that term is misleading, since MIT has used many licenses for software." -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/561 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#561: Use the recommended name for the MIT license: X11. ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: marcot | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Cabal specification | Version: HEAD Severity: minor | Resolution: Keywords: License | Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) Ghcversion: | Platform: ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Comment (by duncan): The important point is what is the commonly recognised name. As far as I am aware, MIT is the more common and widely known name for this license template. According to Wikipedia it's just the FSF who think it should have the other name. The OSI use the name MIT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/561#comment:1 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#561: Use the recommended name for the MIT license: X11. ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: marcot | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Cabal specification | Version: HEAD Severity: minor | Resolution: Keywords: License | Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) Ghcversion: | Platform: ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Changes (by guest): * cc: gwern0@gmail.com (added) Comment: I'm with Duncan on this. X11 may be a more 'correct' name, but it'd wreak heck on understandability & guessability. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/561#comment:2 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
#561: Use the recommended name for the MIT license: X11. ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: marcot | Owner: Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Cabal specification | Version: HEAD Severity: minor | Resolution: wontfix Keywords: License | Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) Ghcversion: | Platform: ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Changes (by duncan): * status: new => closed * resolution: => wontfix Comment: No consensus for change. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/561#comment:3 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects
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