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Re: license question



On 17/03/2012 16:14, Felyza Wishbringer wrote:
> If, on contact, his goal is just wide-openness delivered in an
> eccentric license, then I would recommend the WTFPL v2 located at
> http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/ which basically says you can do anything you
> want to with the software. Its an eccentric license that is Debian
> compliant, and wide open.

I came to the same conclusion.

> Otherwise, I'd probably point them in the
> direction of the BSD or zlib licenses, which are wide open as well,
> but more well known.
> 
> If he doesn't want to part with his license, you could also try to ask
> for him to dual license as a last resort. His license along side a
> DFSG license, such that person receiving the software can choose
> either... that may work. 
> If they don't wish to relicense or dual license with a Debian friendly
> alternative, then yes, reimplementation under a better license.

I was just doing that.

Jérémy.


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