On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 12:13, Ken Foskey wrote: > "BSD is the only true Open Source license." This is an interesting > quote from an idiot. But I would really like to here other opinions on > this.
That quote is probably from a "open source good, free software bad" minded person. Shrug. > I know there are thousands of licenses I would like to classify them: > > a) BSD like - use how you want includes Public Domain. Which BSD - with or without advertising clause? :}. I think your taxonomy has some issues, in that it both conflates some key issues, and is wrong. I.e. the GPL is perfectly compatible *within an organisation* with proprietary code. It's just not compatible when the time comes to *distribute* said code. And lastly, I don't think that 'corporate' is a good label for your 'pay-for-use' category. I know a number of individuals that release under pay-for-use with and with-out code licences. You might find the creative commons licences a good place to review the general concepts applicable... Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://www.robertcollins.net/keys.txt>.
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