Thanks, Mario This helps a lot!
Am Montag, 22. Januar 2018 13:59:28 UTC+1 schrieb PMario: > > Hi, it's me .. Mario. > > Hope I'm also allowed to respond ;) > > Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, so the following comments reflect my > personal opinion and may be wrong ;) > > > >> I've recently made a plugin for TiddlyWiki (tiddlytouch.tiddlyspot.com >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftiddlytouch.tiddlyspot.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE9RX3NBi5nYws5r9kkmaBf7Vf0cA>) >> >> and added an MIT license. >> > > You added MIT to version 0.1.1 ... So this version will stay with this > license for ever. It's published, and if somoene uses this version, they > can do with it, what MIT allows them. ... every thing including commercial > use. > > Now I'm thinking about what would be the proper license choice for my >> plugin. >> > > IMO MIT is a propper open souce license for the code, that you developed, > since most of the 3rd party libs also use MIT. ... Most ... not all. > > In your license tiddler, you forgot to mention that the plugin / package > also contains other libraries, that have their own license. Links to the > other tiddlers are OK. > eg: > > - muuri.js ... The MIT license, is included in the source, which is OK. > - hammer.js ... MIT license-link is part of the source ... OK > > - popmotion.js ... license is missing ... You should insert a link. If > it's MIT the link is optional. If it uses a different license, chances are > high, that the link is needed! > > - web-animations.js ... http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 ... > You probably must provide the readable source code, if someone requests it. > So IMO linking to the source will save you trouble, if you didn't modify > it. If you did modify the surce code, you need to point to the source you > used. > > - $:/plugins/BTC/tiddly-touch/icons ... If you made them, they are > included in your license statement. ... If they come from 3rd parties, the > info may be missing. .. I didn't have a closer look. .. Just wanted to > mention, that most 3rd party icons have licenses too. > I can live well with the MIT license on this. I forgot to include the other licenses in the plugin, they will be there in the next release. popmotion also uses MIT, the Icons though, they're material icons with Apache 2 license and as the lazy student I am I saw the license and instantly I knew that it's too long for me to read ;) > > > >> There's the BSD-2 license or the MIT license, what if people get >> interested of using it in a commercial project? >> > > BSD-2 and MIT both allow commercial use. > > >> I'm thinking about what's the right way to handle this, given that I >> don't have many experiences in developing/releasing/licensing software >> > > It's hard to say. ... It's your choice. > > ------------------- > > I can just tell you, what I personally look for, if I use 3rd party libs > or tiddlywiki plugins > > - Are they still active and maintained > - If no, I search for a different one > - If yes I go on checking > Ok I'll stay informed about that, they're all pretty active atm > > - Do they fit to the tiddlywiki.com license ... BSD-3 or compatible. > > - If they use a license that isn't compatible, ... I look for a different > project, with the same functionality. > > - If there is no such project, search the discussion forum, if other > licenses are already requested > - Some authors already denied to change the license. So it wouldn't > make much sense to request it again > - except the denial is > 2 years ago. They may have changed their > opinion in the mean time. > - Asking in a polite way, is free and doesn't hurt ;) > > - If there is no such project, try to contact the author, if they want > to change the license. > - If yes .. OK > - If no ... Try to include the 3rd party lib as modular and decoupled > as possible. So it can stay with it's license, but doesn't affect the > plugin license. > > > TiddlyWiki can use a "per tiddler license", which I think is complete > overkill. Except, if you have to argue, with "hard core" GPL advocates. > yeah, that's too much for me, too. I'll stick with the MIT here, short and big letters so I have two Apache 2 licenses to include with the others, I just put them in a tiddler, put links to the licenses on their websites or github and that should be it I've modified only code under MIT license > > just my 2 cents > have fun! > mario > > Thank you very much, Simon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/23c6559c-03cd-453e-922b-a2ad00564e7b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
