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Thanks thats helpfull, I'll add a licence tonight (probably BSD)

• joelthelion 15y ago
  Note that BSD does allow "some dude in china [to] slap another name on it and sell it".
  • elehack 15y ago
    Yes, but they have to give credit back. Better than nothing - people can follow the trail.
    • cbr 15y ago
      I don't believe this is true. Looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses indicates nothing about an attribution requirement.
      • Zev 15y ago
        * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
        • bryanlarsen 15y ago
          They just have to bury the license in the documentation somewhere. Who reads documentation?
      • mrschwabe 15y ago
        Yeah but at least if he goes BSD then he too can use this code in a commercial product.
        • a3_nm 15y ago
          Huh?! If he's the copyright holder, he can license the code under whatever license he chooses and use his code in a commercial product if he wishes.
          • mrschwabe 15y ago
            Ok I think I read you, but lets say his new commercial product was proprietary; the product costs $100. If the license for his original Inbox2 product was GPL, he would be required to distribute the source code on his new product right? So my point is, if its a BSD license he can integrate that code into the $100 product and not have to share the source code. I'm no software license expert so if I'm mistaken please correct me here.
            • a3_nm 15y ago
              IANAL either, but I still think he'd be free to use his original code in a commercial product. By releasing under GPL, you give others a limited license to redistribute and modify the software subject to some conditions, but you keep all your rights, and you are free to distribute proprietary versions of the code. See https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ReleaseUnderGPLAndNF https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ReleaseUnderGPLAnd...
              • raphman 15y ago
                correct.
              • mrschwabe 15y ago
                Ooooooohhhh neat, OK that makes GPL a whole lot more attractive then. Assumption destroyed; paradigm expanded. Thank-you.
• mst 15y ago
  You might also find the Artistic License interesting - http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0 http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0 It's an interesting balance between freedom and giving back - may be more suited to what you want or may not.