>I want to release a component to the community. > >Does anyone have strong feelings about any of the various licenses: >GPL, LGPL, copyleft, etc.?
IANAL, and you should really check with one before choosing a license. But here's some notes based on my limited understanding... Be aware that GPL might restrict people from using your component as part of a closed-source application. If this is the case, LGPL is the closest thing that may be used instead without imposing such a restriction. If you want a simple license that lifts all restrictions and only contains a 'do whatever you like with this as long as you keep this message in the source, and no warranty is provided' message, check out BSD. There are a lot of other licenses out there to choose from and it's worth investigating to choose one you'll be happy with for a long while. As the copyright holder, you can change the license down the road. But such a change may be disruptive to people who had been using the code under the old license. - Jeff -- Jeff Bohmer VisionLink, Inc. ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
