My vote is for BSD License, but I didn't have time to check it, its only because in most cases I would prefer BSD type Licences than viral Apache Licenses. But I need to check the new versions.
2010/5/18 Garrett Serack <garre...@microsoft.com> > The MSPL is great and all… but I think it lacks a bit of expressive > clarity: > > > > > > MSPL: > > > > “Patent Grant- Subject to the terms of this license, including the license > conditions and limitations in section 3, each contributor grants you a > non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license under its licensed patents to > make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, and/or otherwise dispose > of its contribution in the software or derivative works of the contribution > in the software.” > > > > AL 2.0: > > > > “Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor > hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, > royalty-free, *irrevocable (except as stated in this section)* patent > license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise > transfer the Work, where such license applies only to those patent claims > licensable by such Contributor that are necessarily infringed by their > Contribution(s) alone or by combination of their Contribution(s) with the > Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If You institute patent > litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a > lawsuit) alleging that the Work or a Contribution incorporated within the > Work constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent > licenses granted to You under this License for that Work shall terminate as > of the date such litigation is filed.” > > > > I prefer the explicit-ness that the AL has regarding. > > > > If we’re going to be clear, then let’s be very clear. > > > > G > > *Garrett* *Serack* | Open Source Software Developer | *Microsoft > Corporation * > > *I don't make the software you use; I make the software you use better on > Windows.* > > > > *From:* Ferdi [mailto:foe...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 18, 2010 8:51 AM > *To:* Garrett Serack > *Cc:* coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > *Subject:* Re: [Coapp-developers] Choice of License. > > > > Why not Ms-PL? easy... > > 2010/5/18 Garrett Serack <garre...@microsoft.com> > > > > I’ve been looking at this carefully, and it boils down to a couple of > choices: > > > > New BSD (simple, direct, but a bit vague) > > > > Or > > > > Apache License 2.0. > > > > The nice part of the AL is that its language is quite clear about what > means what, and specifically what is being granted, whereas the BSD license > is relying upon a lot of ‘implied’ license of patents and whatnot. > > > > The AL also directly limits liability—always a good thing. > > > > > > Unless someone can give me a significantly good reason to rethink this, I’d > say we should go with the AL 2.0 for all the code we create. > > > > Shallow-forks of other projects should maintain the licenses of their > upstream originators. > > > > G > > > > > > <http://fearthecowboy.com/> > > *Garrett Serack | Microsoft's Open Source Software Developer | Microsoft > Corporation > Office:(425)706-7939 email/messenger: > garre...@microsoft.com <http://fearthecowboy.com/>* > * > > blog: http://fearthecowboy.com > twitter: @fearthecowboy > <http://fearthecowboy.com/>* > > *I don't make the software you use; I make the software you use better on > Windows. <http://fearthecowboy.com/>* > > <http://fearthecowboy.com/> > > <http://fearthecowboy.com/> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: *https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers* > Post to : *coapp-develop...@lists.launchpad.net* > Unsubscribe : *https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers* > More help : *https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp*<http://fearthecowboy.com/> > > <http://fearthecowboy.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > Post to : coapp-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~coapp-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Atte: Roberto Carlos González Flores
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