Some software companies, particularly larger ones, are careful about the licenses of software they use in their products. With a standard open source license it's often easy to get approval, because licenses like MIT are very common.
Software with a custom license is trickier, because it's not a case of rubber-stamping a license known to be safe. Someone with legal training would have to look over the license and certify it as being safe to use. This also applies to dependencies. If a library happens to use packthread, then suddenly that library becomes legally suspect as well. Is MIT compatible with your license? Is EPL? The benefit to using an existing open source license is that their legal position is clear. Even though your license is simple, IANAL, so I wouldn't be able to say for sure there's no hidden subtlety there that might impact my project if I use it. It may be that there will never be an issue, but why should I risk it? - James On 3 May 2014 13:46, Jason Felice <jason.m.fel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm pretty familiar with legal license stuff (though IANAL). I wouldn't > mind considering changing it at the point where someone wants to use it but > can't - because that would carry with it a specific reason we can think > about. > > -Jason > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 3:03 PM, James Reeves <ja...@booleanknot.com>wrote: > >> The non-standard license might make using this library difficult to use >> for some companies. You may want to consider using an existing open source >> license that's broadly similar, such as MIT. >> >> - James >> >> >> On 2 May 2014 09:00, Fabien Todescato <fabien.todesc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for that great work ! Reminds me of similar techniques in the >>> context of logic programming : http://www.info.ucl.ac.be/~pvr/edcg.html:) >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Clojure" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >>> your first post. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Clojure" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
