Chris Puttick wrote:
----- "Lester Caine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Christopher Schmidt wrote:
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:40:41PM +0200, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
Bjorn Sandvik ha scritto:
I'll consider the pros and cons between different licenses. I
don't have
commercial interests,
but I would like the project to be sustainable.
I've changed my mind about using SourceForge, - I agree that
Google Code
is more suitable.
Please note:
- GPL is more widely used
Than what?
In any case, GPL is designed to prevent use of the software in a
specific set of contexts. I maintain my position that for
Javascript
Libraries, the GPL is confusing at best, and tends to hurt uptake of
an open source project, in my experience. (ExtJS is a strong
counter
example of a JS library which is GPL licensed -- but they are not
an
open source project, just open source code.)
The GPL is a fine license for many things, I just think that open
souce
Javascript Libraries isn't among them.
GPL is appropriate if you do not want other people to make money out
of your
effort. LGPL may be more appropriate for Libraries but only after
reading
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html
Surely you mean people not making money out of selling your efforts without
making a contribution back? Plenty of people make money from selling services
around GPL software without breaching the licence and I don't think many of
those developing GPL software begrudge that.
No I was referring to instances where commercial companies take source code
and data and market it as their own work. There are a few examples where open
source data has been 'stolen' legally and the courts have upheld no wrong
doing, so some licence with a few teeth is appropriate ;)
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