> From: krishna kishore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [twincling] diff. Licenses comparision (GPL/BSD/LGPL/MIT..etc) > > hi saifi > > in one of the TSM meets u have nicely compare the different License's > (GPL/BSD/LGPL/MIT..etc) can u please recap this again here. > > thanks and regards > KK >
Hi KK: To paraphrase from Jay Michaelson's article, here's how different license compare. >From the perspective of "Code": [free] GPL : Everything free all the time LGPL : Some things free BSD : Free but can be made proprietary Shared Source : Free to some users Proprietary License : It's not free, you have to pay for it Proprietary Closed Source : It's not available [restricted] However, from the perspective of "Developer": [free] BSD : Take the code and do what you want LGPL : Take the code and do what you want with some GPL : Take the code but you have to make your code open Shared Source : Take the code if you join our club Proprietary License : Don't take anything unless you pay Proprietary Closed Source : Take nothing [restricted] In short, what promotes the most code freedom is not the same as what promotes the most developer freedom. When the information is freest, the developer may be most constrained. Jay Michaelson is co-founder of Wasabi Systems and a noted expert on IP issues in the technology world. Hope this helps. thanks Saifi.
