Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

2017-08-08 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Alan" == Alan writes: Alan> The Apache 2.0 license is about the best fit for what you want. It is Alan> what most of Android is licensed under. I'd actually suggest Artistic 2, simply because it can reduce marketplace confusion when someone else starts releasing a modification of your so

Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

2017-07-28 Thread Harry
We have nice things - Thanks to RMS and his unwillingness to compromise on what he believes in. I personally feel that we/I owe him quite a bit for his work - I do not think that I would type this email on free SW without people like him. Just my opinion based on my decades of observations of this

Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

2017-07-25 Thread Alan
On Sun, 2017-07-23 at 13:10 -0700, Brian P. Martin wrote: > > My suggestion: GPL v.3 or later. > > What about the so-called "viral" component of GPL? If someone take a > script of mine and grows it into something bigger and better and > amazing, I don't think I'm concerned about how they license

Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

2017-07-24 Thread Steve Dum
Brian P. Martin wrote: > > My suggestion: GPL v.3 or later. > > What about the so-called "viral" component of GPL? If someone take a > script of mine and grows it into something bigger and better and > amazing, I don't think I'm concerned about how they license it. As long > as they don't res

Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

2017-07-23 Thread Brian P. Martin
> My suggestion: GPL v.3 or later. What about the so-called "viral" component of GPL? If someone take a script of mine and grows it into something bigger and better and amazing, I don't think I'm concerned about how they license it. As long as they don't restrict use of the original code or oth

Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

2017-07-22 Thread Lou
How to choose a license for your own work: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html Various Licenses and Comments about Them: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html On July 19, 2017 4:07:11 PM PDT, "Brian P. Martin" wrote: >I think this is going to be the beginning of

Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

2017-07-19 Thread Daniel Hedlund
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 4:07 PM, Brian P. Martin < plug...@martinconsulting.com> 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-cla

Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

2017-07-19 Thread Rich Shepard
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017, Brian P. Martin wrote: > I have some BASH scripts, PERL scripts, PERL modules, sample configuration > files, etc. that I want to publish. I know that there are those are on the > list that have studied open source software licenses a lot more than I > have. I'd like to get som