Creative Common Copyright Notice in Standalones
Mark Wieder
mwieder at ahsoftware.net
Thu Nov 11 20:56:47 EST 2010
Richard-
Thursday, November 11, 2010, 8:00:16 AM, you wrote:
>> (disclaimer: the Creative Commons License rather explicitly states
>> that it shouldn't be used for software, but that's what I use anyway
>> because it comes the closest to exactly what I want my licensing to
>> say for an open source project)
> Why does CCL have that limitation?
Well, IANAL but here goes anyway. My take on it from the CC web site
is that it doesn't have specific clauses to cover source and object
code.
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Can_I_use_a_Creative_Commons_license_for_software.3F
For an example of how ridiculous open-source license has gotten:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_software_licenses
Here are a few options:
The Eiffel Forum License, version 2
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ver2_eiffel.php
The MIT license:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
The BSD license:
http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
and my favorite:
WTFPL
http://tinyurl.com/3w6cks
--
-Mark Wieder
mwieder at ahsoftware.net
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