Re: [ECOS] Advice for student project

[Chris Gray <gray at acunia dot com>]

Jonathan Larmour wrote:

> Chris Gray wrote:
> >
> > I> And before anyone asks: the VM in question is scheduled to be
> > released under a BSD-ish licence later this month.
>
> Now that would be interesting :-).

I've attached a copy of the proposed licence.  Feedback welcome.

Chris Gray
VM Architect, ACUNIA

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