Intel open-sources Cilk Plus [LWN.net]

Intel open-sources Cilk Plus

Posted Aug 16, 2011 14:52 UTC (Tue) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
Parent article: Intel open-sources Cilk Plus

http://software.intel.com/file/38090 claims that the runtime is dual licensed with one of the license as BSD. Not sure why someone would dual license with BSD as one of the options. Isn't BSD permissive enough to be used for any purpose?

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Intel open-sources Cilk Plus

Posted Aug 16, 2011 14:56 UTC (Tue) by lkundrak (subscriber, #43452) [Link] (1 responses)

At least this restriction from their BSD license is not present in GPL:

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

Intel open-sources Cilk Plus

Posted Aug 16, 2011 16:07 UTC (Tue) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

This is not really a restriction. It is a commonly seen disclaimer