[plug] Software License Evaluation

[Shayne O'Neill]

The FSF has a bunch of comparisons as well.

Both are fairly 'agenda' based evaluations. FSF/RMS tends to disaprove of
overly permissive (ie BSD) or overly restrictive (Ie java licence), but
seems to get the legalities fairly well. OSF have a looser 'just lemme see
the code' sorta take.

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On Mon, 31 May 2004, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:

> Onno Benschop wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > My code has made it into the big league - in a small way - it's bypassed
> > the state of "custom solution" and has made it to "application".
> >
> > I'm having many debates with myself on how I would licence this software
> > to the end-user. While I use GPL software everyday, I'm also in need of
> > money to pay the rent; I'm not employed by a "rich patron", who can
> > afford to pay my bills.
> >
> > I'm looking for URLs to sites that allow me to evaluate, preferably
> > side-by-side some of the licensing options open to me.
>
> Why not release two versions of it like Trolltech or Alladin do, and GPL
> one of them with the other one under a commercial licence?  You can
> either leave features out of the GPL version or leave it a few releases
> behind.  There are no URLs that compare proprietary licences, because
> proprietary licences tend not to be free to use (the licences I mean,
> not the software), and there are so many variations in what people want.
>   The main URL that compares free licences is http://www.opensource.org.
>
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