Re: What kind of BSD license is meant?

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>]

> I'm currently updating devel/p5-DATA-UUID
> (http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-UUID/) and there is as LICENSE simply
> named 'BSD' with the following text:
> 
> > This distribution contains code derived from the sample UUID implementation 
> > in
> > RFC 4122, which contains the following clause.
> > 
> >  /*
> >  ** Copyright (c) 1990- 1993, 1996 Open Software Foundation, Inc.
> >  ** Copyright (c) 1989 by Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, Ca. &
> >  ** Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Mass.
> >  ** Copyright (c) 1998 Microsoft.
> >  ** To anyone who acknowledges that this file is provided "AS IS"
> >  ** without any express or implied warranty: permission to use, copy,
> >  ** modify, and distribute this file for any purpose is hereby
> >  ** granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notices and
> >  ** this notice appears in all source code copies, and that none of
> >  ** the names of Open Software Foundation, Inc., Hewlett-Packard
> >  ** Company, Microsoft, or Digital Equipment Corporation be used in
> >  ** advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
> >  ** without specific, written prior permission. Neither Open Software
> >  ** Foundation, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft, nor Digital
> >  ** Equipment Corporation makes any representations about the
> >  ** suitability of this software for any purpose.
> >  */
> > 
> > The same terms apply to this code.
> 
> Which license is meant? The original BSD license or the modified one?

Modified.

The difference is that it doesn't have a clause about advertising 
materials mentioning features or use of the software must display an
acknowledgement.