On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 10:33:58AM +0200, Martin Konold wrote: > Well, according to my experience people (of all countries/cultures) I > have been talking to seem to understand the QPL much better than the > GPL. BSD seems to be the simpliest.
I don't know about the QPL being easier to understand than the GPL. I agree that the BSD seems simpler -- just based on word count. But, if you're trying to produce free (aka non-proprietary) software I think the GPL winds up being the best license: The one that will suffer the fewest chances of being ripped off by someone who wants to turn it into something non-free (proprietary). Then again, if your goal is to produce something proprietary, or potentially proprietary, the GPL is obviously a bad license to use. [I think it's most useful to speak about how well a license achieves an end. Licenses, after all, are legal documents: not poetry, not fiction, not howtos, not faqs, etc.] -- Raul