ZDNet: HOWTO: Pick an Open Source License (Part 2) | Linux Today

ZDNet: HOWTO: Pick an Open Source License (Part 2)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 22, 2006

“In my last installment I introduced a simple decision tree that
could help you decide which (if any) of the many open source
licenses you should use for your project. Each decision point
generally asked a yes or no question about what is important to
you. For example, if you want someone who uses your code to be
forced to make any bug fixes and modifications available under the
same license then you want to use a license with an explicit
‘reciprocity’ clause that requires that.

“In this part I’ll go through some of the most common licenses
and see where they fall from this tree…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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