From 70747425d885a8b4a00f31dd64e682ecf751aaae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Dashjr <luke-jr+git@utopios.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 05:10:57 +0000
Subject: bip-0002: Mention OPL problems

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 bip-0002.mediawiki | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

(limited to 'bip-0002.mediawiki')

diff --git a/bip-0002.mediawiki b/bip-0002.mediawiki
index a98be7b..c9e817d 100644
--- a/bip-0002.mediawiki
+++ b/bip-0002.mediawiki
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ BIP 1 allowed the Open Publication License or releasing into the public domain;
 
 * The OPL is generally regarded as obsolete, and not a license suitable for new publications.
 * Many are unfamiliar with the OPL terms, and may just prefer to use the public domain rather than license under uncertain terms.
+* The OPL license terms allowed for the author to prevent publication and derived works, which was widely considered inappropriate for Bitcoin standards.
 * Public domain is not universally recognised as a legitimate action, thus it is inadvisable.
 
 Why are there software licenses included?
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