Re: Licensing code

2009-05-08 Thread Chas. Owens
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:33, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> ""Chas" == "Chas Owens" writes: > > "Chas> Neither license prevents people from selling the software in question, > "Chas> but both require that source be available (or made available), so > "Chas> anyone charging an arm and a leg for

Re: Licensing code

2009-05-08 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> ""Chas" == "Chas Owens" writes: "Chas> Neither license prevents people from selling the software in question, "Chas> but both require that source be available (or made available), so "Chas> anyone charging an arm and a leg for it will rapidly find free "Chas> versions being made available (

RE: Licensing code

2009-05-08 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Steve Bertrand > Chas. Owens wrote: >> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 22:04, Steve Bertrand wrote: >> snip >>> I like the BSD license, and I am a BSD person, but I'm asking for >>> feedback from the creme-de-la-creme with regards to making code public, >>> so that I can put something in my code to e

Re: Licensing code

2009-05-08 Thread Chas. Owens
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 00:51, Steve Bertrand wrote: snip > I wish all of my code be free, ie: I don't care if a commercial entity > uses it for their benefit or not, I don't care if derivatives are used > in commercial products or not, all I really care about is that my > current code is protected

Re: Licensing code

2009-05-07 Thread Steve Bertrand
Chas. Owens wrote: > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 22:04, Steve Bertrand wrote: > snip >> I like the BSD license, and I am a BSD person, but I'm asking for >> feedback from the creme-de-la-creme with regards to making code public, >> so that I can put something in my code to ensure that someone else >> d

Re: Licensing code

2009-05-07 Thread Chas. Owens
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 22:04, Steve Bertrand wrote: snip > I like the BSD license, and I am a BSD person, but I'm asking for > feedback from the creme-de-la-creme with regards to making code public, > so that I can put something in my code to ensure that someone else > doesn't decide that they wan

Licensing code

2009-05-07 Thread Steve Bertrand
Hi all, Although I am not a programmer, I do have a few dozen applications I've written. All programs concerned are in Perl. My 'programs' include numerous functions within dozens of library files which I've also personally written. Some of my applications utilize functions from other external (