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GitHub Removes BSD2/3 Clause Licenses
14 points by deadgrey19 on Oct 10, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments
When creating a new repository on github.com (https://github.com/new), it is no longer possible to automatically generate BSD2/3 clause licenses.



They also don't have an option for GPLv2, because it would introduce "cognitive overhead". https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/issues/413


I guess their users aren't really thinking types...


It's all strange and arbitrary.


Huge bullshit. They have no idea about MIT vs BSD, and "cognitive overload" is a non-argument. Removal didn't change anything to them, but a lot for their users.




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