But all those install scripts you are referring to are PART OF a larger body of work which is primarily licensed GPL, so it makes sense to have the same license for them. I agree, it's not always an easy choice, but if you're not part of a larger work which is GPL, AND you don't really need the protection GPL affords (is it likely that M$ will steal your work for the next version of Windoze?), go with something simpler like BSD ... or even declare the work Public Domain. But, if someone realy wants to use GPL for a short script, I will not say them nay!
JIm Hartley Chris Knadle wrote: > On Saturday 23 August 2008, Jim Hartley wrote: >> From what you say, is it really worth using the GPL on something this >> small? Does it contain anything novel that you want to protect from >> being used in a proprietary package? I like the GPL, and I use it for >> some things, but I wouldn't bother for a simple bash script. > > On the other hand, if you examine the various scripts used to install many > Debian and Ubuntu packages (look in /var/lib/dpkg/info), you'll see that many > of them contain references to the GPL. ;-) > >> Something like the BSD license is much simpler. Whatever license you use, >> putting the appropriate boilerplate as comments should do it OK. > > I don't think license choice is easy nor clear, by virtue of it being a > common point of argument and lengthy discussion... of which I'll try to > avoid now. :-P > > -- Chris > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > > Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > Aug 6 - Zenos > Sep 3 - TBD -- Teen Angel - a ghost story - http://teenangel.netfirms.com _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Jun 4 - Sqeak! and eToys Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) Aug 6 - Zenos Sep 3 - TBD
