Re: [xsrcg-devel] Licencing

[Max N. <max...@fr...>]

Le 17 juin 2004, =E0 05:35, Adam Brown a =E9crit :

> A subject I have kind of been dreading to bring up, since it can push=20=

> a lot of sensitive buttons in people, but it's something we'll need to=20=

> address soon. Do you guys have any preferences or any particular=20
> licenses you dislike? I'll just come right out and say that I'm=20
> partial to the BSD license. My history with FreeBSD and such has sort=20=

> of brought me up under the BSD paradigm throughout my computing=20
> career. I think there are better licenses than the GPL, which I'd like=20=

> to avoid. If anyone is dead set on a GPL-style license though, I'd=20
> consider the LGPL.
>
> If you're familiar with any other licenses or are partial to any one=20=

> way or another, now is probably the time to get it worked out. :-)

	Well... I'm in favor of either the GPL, or the BSD license. =
Although=20
the one thing that creeps me out with BSD is that unless I'm mistaken,=20=

anyone is allowed to take our program, claim it as their own and sell=20
it as long as we're credited in the source code (which then no one will=20=

see), right?
	Not that I do expect anyone to do that, but you never know... =
So, I'm=20
neutral on this one.

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"Look at you hacker... A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting=20
and sweating as you run through my corridors... How can you challenge a=20=

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