Re: Help choosing license for new projects

2010-07-13 Thread Ed Keith
--- On Mon, 7/12/10, Jake b wrote: > I'm starting a new python code > project. What license do you suggest? I > am searching, but I'm not finding a simple comparison of > licenses. So > I don't know which to use. Maybe MIT or Apache or LGPL or > BSD? > > Are there certain licenses to avoid using

Re: Help choosing license for new projects

2010-07-12 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:00:22 -0500, Jake b wrote: > I'm starting a new python code project. What license do you suggest? I > am searching, but I'm not finding a simple comparison of licenses. So I > don't know which to use. Maybe MIT or Apache or LGPL or BSD? http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/gpl-co

Re: Help choosing license for new projects

2010-07-12 Thread Ben Finney
Jake b writes: > I want: > 1] Pretty much let anyone use it. Users do not have to include source > code, as long as I get credit. (which I think normallly is a textfile > with project url + name?) The simplest effective license that requires nothing more that attribution is “under the terms of t

Re: Help choosing license for new projects

2010-07-12 Thread geremy condra
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Jake b wrote: > I'm starting a new python code project. What license do you suggest? I > am searching, but I'm not finding a simple comparison of licenses. So > I don't know which to use. Maybe MIT or Apache or LGPL or BSD? Fair warning: I like and use the GPL a l

Help choosing license for new projects

2010-07-12 Thread Jake b
I'm starting a new python code project. What license do you suggest? I am searching, but I'm not finding a simple comparison of licenses. So I don't know which to use. Maybe MIT or Apache or LGPL or BSD? Are there certain licenses to avoid using because of interaction problems between libraries us