On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 4:07 PM, Brian P. Martin < [email protected]> wrote:
> - No one should be able restrict others from using it. That is, they > can't copyright or otherwise legally try to control it themselves. > Apache License 2.0 might be closer to this bullet point than 3-clause/new BSD. For most purposes, it is pretty close to the 3-clause BSD license, but has a clause to prevent someone who contributes to the project from using any related patents to control/blackmail the project. The downside of Apache is that it's not technically compatible with *GPLv2, only *GPLv3+. A chart on how BSD-like licenses can be used in by projects with other licenses can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissive_software_licence#License_compatibility _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
