I find that the most flexible license is one that doesn't exist - such
as Public Domain.
One of my favorite little programs is a Photoshop like replacement for
Windows called Paint.NET.
The license is:
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files
(the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
By far the most flexible, quickest to read, and easiest to understand.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nancy
Anthracite
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 9:07 PM
To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.
I think there is a distinction being made between varieties of open
source. I
don't think anyone is trying to say that public domain isn't open
source.
On Sunday 24 April 2005 08:43 pm, Jim Self wrote:
> I don't understand why suddenly there is so much repetition on this
list of
> the mistaken notion that software in the Public Domain is not Open
Source.
> It is surely the oldest form of Open Source and has been accepted as
such
> since the term "Open Source" was originated. It was explicitly added
to
> version 1.2 of the Open Source definition.
>
> Please see http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php
>
> >VistA is Public Domain, not Open Source, always has been, always (at
least
> >should) will be.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Ignacio
> >Valdes
> >Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 4:38 PM
> >To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net
> >Subject: [Hardhats-members] VistA licensing.
> >
> >I would suspect that the license would have to come down to either
GNU
> >GPL or FreeBSD type-license. Now, deciding between the two: let the
> >games begin! :-)
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Jim Self
> Systems Architect, Lead Developer
> VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis
> (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself)
>
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