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Selecting a Software Licence?

Posted by Cliff on from the an-important-decisions-in-a-coding-project dept.

indraneil asks: "I am a code monkey and have been so for close to 5 years now. I have recently been doing some self-started work that lets me design, implement and test stuff all by myself. A couple of people have liked my prototype and wanted to use it. I would be happy to let others use it, but I am unsure of what license to release it under. My CS course did not include any awareness of licensing and while I am aware of GPL, LGPL, Apache, BSD and Creative Commons licenses, I never got around to understanding them well enough to be able to form an opinion on what suits me best. I notice that SourceForge also expects me to specify my licensing choice, while I am setting up my project. If a person doesn't know about software licensing, where should they educate themselves about the ins and outs, so they can properly choose the license that is right for their project?"

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  1. Re:Twofo by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://goatse.ch [twofo.co.uk][goatse.ch]

    I looked into that one once, but it was full of holes...

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    This guy's the limit!
  2. license? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Start by using a spell checker

  3. Re:Sell it. by syntaxglitch · · Score: 2, Funny

    Make a living. Sell your code to the highest bidder. Don't listen to those Open Source Hippies. Yes, you should make your money by selling something incorporeal using a business model supported by a government-enforced monopoly. I mean, if you're relying on your own efforts instead of the government for your living you must be a hippie! Maybe even a communist!

    Er, wait, I think I missed something here.