I would start here http://www.fsf.org/licensing/education/licenses/index_html#OpenSSl http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
List of FSF approved software licenses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FSF_approved_software_licenses OSI page you are talking a bout http://www.opensource.org/licenses Chris... On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Chris Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > I know the OSI has a page that lists all their approved licenses with the > text, but that is not what I am looking for. Does anyone have a link to a > nice site that gives an executive summary of what is in the various open > source licenses? Or a site that compares and contrasts the popular open > source licenses? > Chris > > On Aug 15, 2010, at 10:33 PM, Ragi Burhum <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Chris Penn <[email protected]> > > This is why GPL is sooo much better. > > from the article you sent: > "You seem to be missing the point of why Google didn't just use the GPL'd > JavaME. Sun deliberately removed the Classpath exception on JavaME > specifically because they saw that most of their licensing opportunities > were on mobile platforms. This meant that any *application* developers > targeting a GPL'd JavaME platform would be forced to GPL their applications. > Not surprisingly Google saw this would be undesirable when trying to attract > developers to the platform." > So from what I gather, it would have meant that if Google had chosen that > path, every single app in Android would have had to be a GPL app... not a > very attractive option > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
