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. -----Original Message----- 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) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members