On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 01:20:24AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> I'm putting the finishing touches on UMENU2, to the point where I'm
> ready to write the COPYING file and mark the Python files with a
> license. I'm considering two licenses:
>
> * Expat license: http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Expat
>
> * GPL Version 2: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
>
> A couple notes: The above Expat URL says Expat license is GPL
> compatible. I don't like GPLv3 because it's too complicated and IMHO a
> little too restrictive. Expat's similar to some MIT and BSD licenses
> and the X11 license.
If you want copyleft yet don't like GPL3, I'd recommend GPL2+ (ie, "or
higher") instead of GPL2 only. This will allow downstream distributions to
link with GPL3{+,} libraries, as well as GPL4 or GPL65535 in the future.
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