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Can MIT software include BSD-2-Clause software?

Open lo48576 opened this issue 5 years ago • 0 comments

https://github.com/Nemo157/cargo-lichking/blob/4cd86f04c8a17e9f6b3dc1079ef7edbc7fa584ed/src/license.rs#L119

I googled a little and BSD-2-Clause dependency seems to be redistributable as MIT (IANAL), but I cannot find clear trustable answer whether it is allowed or not.

  • "BSD-new" in https://dwheeler.com/essays/floss-license-slide.html is BSD-3-Clause, but not BSD-2-Clause.
    • The page does not say anything about BSD-2-Clause.
  • https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/582 says "Especially considering that both licenses are considered compatible," but they might not be a lawyer...

cc: https://github.com/Nemo157/cargo-lichking/issues/30#issuecomment-615946785

lo48576 avatar Apr 21 '20 12:04 lo48576