"Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Cliff Draper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > I'm looking to start work on a Java project that I'm hoping will > >make its way into the Open Source world soon. I have a few > >questions: > > > > 1. I was thinking of using the Mozilla Public License (MPL). The > >GPL is definately too restrictive for me, and the LGPL still seems > >too restrictive. What's the party line on these things? > [snip] > > I've heard a lot of praise for the BSD license. Might be worth looking > in to. I don't have a definitive reference but here's the URL for a > piece of source code associated with the FreeBSD project that has the > license at the top: > > http://minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au/FreeBSD-srctree/newsrc/miscfs/specfs/spec_vnops.c.html > > It's a pretty much "use this for whatever you want, with appropriate > disclaimers" license.
I don't know about the FreeBSD license, but the traditional BSD license definitely is not. Licensing under the BSD license would mean requiring people who create derived works to put in a clause saying "This product includes software developed by Cliff Draper" in all advertising etc; the requirement in question is know as the "onerous advertising clause". This is great if you'd like people to stroke your ego, but it annoys a lot of people too. Sticking to the modified BSD license (that is, without the OAC) is probably best if having your ego stroked is not too important to you. -- Big Gaute (not to be confused with LG) "There was a time when a guy who died at forty was revered as the toughest and most doggedly ancient son of a bitch in Cow Ass Clearing, Shitoleshire, Engalond, back in the year dot." - Spider Jerusalem, Transmetropolitan #25
