On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Kevin Cully <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ted,
> Here's what I want: > 1. Feel free to use this code for paid and unpaid services. > 2. You can distribute this code but this license has to go with it. > 3. You can't compile this code and sell it as if it was your product, > even if you've made improvements and bug fixes. This work is really > meant to be free for programmers to use. > 4. Please contribute back to the project. This makes it better for > everyone. > 5. No warranty is implied with the usage of this code. I don't think > this would cause you any harm, but it is possible. > > > You know a lot more about licenses than I do. Is there one that you > could suggest that would meet my requirements above? > I was all set to recommend the MIT license, but then I saw that the #3 requirement is that the licensee CAN'T sell their updated version of the code. This is a pretty unusual requirement for Open Source and, in fact, may disqualify it altogether for an Open Source license. The focus of most open source licenses is that the source remains open, and not an economic license that restricts or permits specific business models. A GPL license, for example, allows people to resell what they have created, but they are REQUIRED to publish the code with the changes they make. For example, Linksys uses a hacked version of the Linux kernel and various hardware drivers to run their routers, but they HAVE TO publish the source code they use. This is a huge win, since developers can take the changes Linksys made back into their development, or much more likely, point out bugs in the Linksys work :) There are a lot of licenses listed on the Open Source page, and I'd suggest you read through them and see if there's one that meets your needs. If not, perhaps you'll want to reconsider your requirements. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4vyfpef9pvfugxxg8yvudtq88ixhqnayr4x6piebrk...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
