I thought I read something somewhere some licences are better suited for libraries while others are better for end-user applications. Anyway, what's the overall opinion about Apache 2 ?
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 14:17, Christian Catchpole <[email protected]>wrote: > > yes, i do like the "if you sue me over a patent you can take my code > and shove it" clause. > > On Aug 27, 2:46 pm, Michael Neale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does BSD have the "be cool on the patents" clause to provide author > > protection etc? from what I remember, other then that they are very > > similar. But "BSD style" seems to mean (in most peoples minds these > > days) the most liberal to everyone (user and author, not just > > author). > > > > On Aug 27, 8:34 am, Christian Catchpole <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, I once used Apache 2.0 but now I'm thinking New BSD is the way to > > > go. And one of the main reasons I read was that, especially to non- > > > java people, many see "BSD" and immediately understand what that's > > > going to be. It's also easier when more and more licenses are > > > becoming BSD. And it supports multi-license well. > > > > > On Aug 27, 7:50 am, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > BSD all the way > > > > On Aug 26, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Jan Goyvaerts wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks ! That's indeed the kind of accessible explanations I am > > > > > looking for. > > > > > > > What would be the logical choice for a care-free open source > project ? > > > > > Everybody can use it, modify it, bla bla bla and the usage is your > > > > > sole responsability. > > > > > > > On Aug 26, 1:55 pm, Mike Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Hi Jan > > > > > > >> OSS Watch provides guidance albeit it is geared to helping the UK > > > > >> academic community: > > > > > > >>http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/ > > > > > > >>http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/ipr.xml > > > > > > >> Hope that helps. > > > > > > >> Cheers > > > > >> Mike > > > > > > >> 2009/8/26 Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]>: > > > > > > >>> Putting a project on Kenai requires the choice of an open source > > > > > >>> license > > > > >>> scheme. In Netbeans you'll get a combobox with the names. And if > > > > > >>> I'm not > > > > >>> mistaken it can show you the licence terms at http:// > > > > >>> opensource.org/. > > > > >>> I guess, if I were a jurist of some sorts these terms would be > > > > >>> without > > > > >>> question. Alas, I'm not. And I could certainly appreciate some > > > > >>> kind of > > > > >>> layman's explanation to the various schemes, differences, for > which > > > > >>> application types, etc... > > > > >>> Does somebody know where I might look for these ? > > > > >>> Thanks ! > > > > >>> Jan > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
