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Re: Which license am I looking for?



Heya

David Paleino wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:49:35 +0100, Mark Weyer wrote:
> 
>> What I am looking for:
>> - Copyleft with source requirement, but should not contaminate other
>>   software.
>> - No additional burden on anyone. In particular no requirements for
>>   derivatives to advertize, to not advertize, to follow some naming
>>   convention, or to convey source code at runtime.
>> - No distinction between programs, libraries, images, scripts,
>>   documentation, or whatever.
>>   Formulations should equally apply to all sorts of software.
>>   The only distinction should be source vs. non-source.
>> - Oh, and of course it should be DFSG-free.
>>
>> Also, I am very sceptical about patent retaliation clauses.
> 
> What about a BSD-like license [0], or also the MIT/X11 license [1]?
> 
> [0] /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD -- obviously change "The Regents of the
> University of California" (and all references to the University) to your
> name/company/whatever.
> 
> [1] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
> 
> 
> Both seem to conform to your requirements, if I'm not mistaken.

One of the requirements is copyleft. BSD style licenses are not, eg Mac
OS X is BSD-based but still proprietary.

> 
> 
> Kindly,
> David
> 



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