On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 13:01, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > Hi! > I have been looking at the various software licenses(again?) in order > to determine which would be deemed appropriate by any software firm. [snip] > IMHO, one can assign various levels of freedom to each of these > open source licenses, but strangely I cant find any site which helps a > software firm decide the one best for it. The creativecommons.org > website does this very well (http://creativecommons.org/license/) even > though it is generally aimed at non-software licenses. > > If I assign different levels of freedom in the following way: [snip]
> Any comments? > > - Sandip sandip, more than a year ago, i spent quite some time reading thru the various opensource licenses on the opensource.org website. the classification is not that simple. you need to do careful reading and sometimes need the mind of a lawyer to understand the finer points. it gets even more complex with dual-licensed software. and then there are versions. for example, what's the difference between GPL version 1 and version 2? strategic business decisions need careful analysis of such an important licensing agreement. imho, i would strongly recommend you open a spreadsheet in openoffice, draw a table with all features listed on the top, the list of licenses on the left, and tick the appropriate columns. what you will get is a superb comparision chart with all the suBtle (with a capital B) differences more discreet. :-) LL _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
