Maybe that helps: http://www.sitepoint.com/open-source-licensing/
Rocco On 31/08/2011 11:48 AM, Okalany Daniel wrote: > > Hi All, > > There are many open source licences, I can't even start to list them, > and I doubt they are all similar/the same, otherwise they wouldn't be > so many. > > > > So my question is, if software is licenced under the GNU Lesser GPL > <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html> (I read that), but didn't seem > to answer my questions, so I looked it up and found > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1 > > And I still don't quite understand it. > > > > So if I download software licenced under the GNU Lesser GPL, can i: > - Change it, and not open source the changes > > - Distribute/Sell the changed software without releasing the source > code (Credits stay in the source code) > > - At which point do I fully own the changed software, e.g after > modifying 60% of the source code/never > > > > If I can't do the above, which licences would allow me to do so? > > PS: The most easily understandable licence I found was: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL > > > > Regards, > > Daniel. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way.
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