I am having a hard time trying to find the right open source license for a project I am working on.
History: For the past 6 months I have been trying to find a good open source license to develop my code with, but the more licenses I see, the more confusing it becomes? :-( I am trying to convince my manager to develop a specific component as open source. The problem is that this component will be used in and/or included into many projects that's code must stay proprietary and secret. It will also be used by a group of open source programmers inside their potentially GNU GPL licensed software. As far as possible I want to avoid licensing it differently for the involved parties. I.e. no dual license I would have loved to make it LGPL but the component will not be linked in as a library but as files and code fragments. I looked at the BSD license, but the clause below make me unsure. The proprietary product that will depend on this component must be released under it's own license completely. >From the BSD license >Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of >conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided >with the distribution. I will greatly appreciate any pointers regarding OSS approved licenses. Regards Jacobus Vosloo Application Integrator for .Net Invision - DaimlerChrysler - East-London - South Africa Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +27 43 706 2477 Fax: +27 43 706 2612 Cell: +27 83 361 3203 Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where stated otherwise. Emails can contain viruses; make sure your system is protected before opening any attached files. -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
