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- Subject: Re: License
- From: "Thatcher Ulrich" <tu@...>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:38:22 -0500
On Feb 18, 2002 at 02:53 +0000, Rob Kendrick wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 07:57:00AM -0500, John D. Ramsdell top-posted:
> > In my opinion, it would be best to select between the X11/Xfree86
> > license, the modified BSD license, or the GNU Lesser General Public
> > License.
>
> I'd avoid anything to do with the GPL or LGPL like the plague, as it only
> provides freedom for end users, not people who wish to create programs for
> end users. BSD or MIT, in my opinion, seems a much better choice,
I agree: The MIT or BSD licenses are ideal. MIT is a good fit for Lua
because it seems to be the shortest and simplest license at
http://opensource.org/licenses/index.html
http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html
> but then
> again, I don't see anything wrong with the current license.
There's nothing wrong with it, except that it's unique, so it's a
little more legalese for users to read and interpret.
--
Thatcher Ulrich <tu@tulrich.com>
http://tulrich.com
