I generally use the BSD license for my code and PHP scripts, in some cases I have used the GPL but IMHO the GPL is too restricting so I live what I preach and release my code under the BSD License.
As far as people stealing code and renaming it I've seen several commercial programs that are simply an open source or free software app with spyware renamed, not a whole lot you can do without taking legal action. Jason On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 21:26, Jeff Lewis wrote: > I am wondering if anyone out there has some really good references in > regards to scripts distributed as open source using the GPL. In the last > three years that I have worked on open source projects I have seen several > people "steal" a program, change the name and then try to distribute it as > something else. > > So I am wondering what people here prefer to use for a license, is there > anyway to combat these kinds of people, etc. > > Why do I ask now? Because it has happened again, only this time, the person > is actively marketing this "new" script. > > Jeff > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
