[Biopython-dev] Adopting BSD 3-Clause license for Biopython?

[Christian Brueffer]

On 7/24/13 11:13 , Peter Cock wrote:
[...]
> 
> Therefore this looks like the closest match:
> 
> http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
> 
> i.e. The BSD 3-Clause ("BSD New" or "BSD Simplified") license.
> This is also used by the NumPy project and many other Python
> libraries.
> 
> Assuming people agree this is a good idea, we can start doing
> this on a file-by-file basis (checking for approval from the named
> copyright holders) and to be rigorous check with every named
> contributor in the CONTRIB or NEWS files.
> 

I welcome this initiative and I agree that BSD 3-clause seems to be
the closest match.

Cheers,

Chris