On 7 January 2011 16:25, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote:
> > One of the reasons so many developers like the Creative Commons license is > that there are many flavors to cover a broader range of specific usage > rights than GPL, and certainly X11, affords. > > The goals of sharing code can cover a broad spectrum, from those of the > purist like rms or those of companies who earn their living with proprietary > code like Apple, with a nearly infinite variety of needs in between. > > So while I can appreciate the desire to have the smallest possible number > of FOSS licenses in use, I can understand when a developer may find them > inadequate for their particular needs. > > For my own needs, I'm disappointed that CC isn't recommended for code. I'd > release more FOSS code if it were sanctioned for such use (I may even still, > since others have ignored the caveat and use CC for code anyway). > I share your concerns, and thoughts on this. I've looked long and hard at licensing, and tired as you suggest to use CC licenses for code, but I could not get it to work, and aside from a few causl individual uses I don't know of any projects that do this. I do think it is strange that there still is not a software license with a CC-type "non-commercial" clause in it, even after many years of popular use for creative content - seems strange. The main issue for us here is about mixing code projects together in ways in which the code can be used in clear ways for commercial and non-commercial projects - removing the uncertainty. Let's just make sure the code bases can be mixed together. If someone uses a "strange" - CC style license, which is not GPL compatible, then I won't be able to combine it with code that uses other licenses in any legally robust way. As a practical example I would not be able to submit my code libraries or code I have form other people to the revIgnitor project, as the license was hand crafted. Ralf changing the license to a GPL compatible license made everything start to work nicely. The same will go with other projects that seek to make compilations of open code. A mosaic of poorly thought out licenses will cause real problems. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode