Richard- Thursday, November 11, 2010, 8:00:16 AM, you wrote:
>> (disclaimer: the Creative Commons License rather explicitly states >> that it shouldn't be used for software, but that's what I use anyway >> because it comes the closest to exactly what I want my licensing to >> say for an open source project) > Why does CCL have that limitation? Well, IANAL but here goes anyway. My take on it from the CC web site is that it doesn't have specific clauses to cover source and object code. http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Can_I_use_a_Creative_Commons_license_for_software.3F For an example of how ridiculous open-source license has gotten: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_software_licenses Here are a few options: The Eiffel Forum License, version 2 http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ver2_eiffel.php The MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The BSD license: http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php and my favorite: WTFPL http://tinyurl.com/3w6cks -- -Mark Wieder [email protected] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
