Pkg naming question "vixie-cron-ng" vs. 3-clause BSD license

[Nils Philippsen]

Hi,

Im currently reviewing the "vixie-cron-ng" package (#428007) which is an
enhanced vixie-cron (which is licensed "MIT and BSD") we forked. I'm a
bit unsure if naming the fork that way is allowed in the light of the
3rd BSD clause:

* 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its
contributors
 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
software
 *    without specific prior written permission.

The problem I see is that "vixie" is the name of Paul Vixie, the main
contributor and I could imagine that this would be seen as endorsing or
promoting "the product" with his name.

Comments?

Thanks,
Nils

[Tom Callaway]

On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 18:28 +0100, Nils Philippsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Im currently reviewing the "vixie-cron-ng" package (#428007) which is an
> enhanced vixie-cron (which is licensed "MIT and BSD") we forked. I'm a
> bit unsure if naming the fork that way is allowed in the light of the
> 3rd BSD clause:
> Neither the name of the University nor the names of its
>
> contributors
> may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
>
> software
> without specific prior written permission.
>
> The problem I see is that "vixie" is the name of Paul Vixie, the main
> contributor and I could imagine that this would be seen as endorsing or
> promoting "the product" with his name.

Interesting. You should probably ask Paul Vixie if you can get his
written permission.

~spot