On 15/07/2013, at 15:10, John Cowan <co...@mercury.ccil.org> wrote: > Karl Fogel scripsit: > >> http://choosealicense.com/ >> >> We may want to consider linking to it from OSI's FAQ, but it would be >> great to get people's opinions first. > > While I am obviously just me and not GitHub, and my site is not as > pretty, I would also ask the OSI to look at <http://ccil.org/~cowan/floss> > as a license-choosing resource. Historically OSI has shyed away from > such things because they involve recommending licenses without being > lawyers, and also suggest that some licenses are more useful than others. >
Although OSI may not want to recommend licenses, having a set of "license choosers" linked from the FAQ I think is a great idea. Each site will probably have its own level of disclaimers anyway. Having a few choosers will help users, and being more then one, it has no chance in being confused with a specific OSI recommendation. Choosers will probably cary their own bias, and developers can learn from each view on the respective sites. I think your license chooser is very straightforward and simple, what is great and helpful! The one thing I would add to it is some context, since it is a bit "bare", IMHO. Thanks! Bruno. > -- > Possession is said to be nine points of the law, John Cowan > but that's not saying how many points the law might have. co...@ccil.org > --Thomas A. Cowan (law professor and my father) > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@opensource.org > http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss Bruno. ______________________________________________________________________ Bruno Peres Ferreira de Souza Brazil's JavaMan http://www.javaman.com.br bruno at javaman.com.br if I fail, if I succeed, at least I live as I believe _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss