[SFS] Question About Licensing
David L. Willson
DLWillson@TheGeek.NU
Thu, 22 May 2014 12:39:43 -0600 (MDT)
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My opinion: I prefer the copyleft restriction on derivative works. I do not want to see our work turned into non-free derivatives. So, t he usual licenses for works developed by or for SFS are GPL and/or CC BY SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
To your question: Are you licensing code or art?
If you're licensing code, and you don't care if your licensees share alike (ie: you don't want copyleft), you probably want an apache or bsd license.
If you're licensing art, you probably want to use a Creative Commons license. Then, you want to choose your license restrictions.
> If the licensee must give you credit as the author, add "BY"
> (attribution)
> If the licensee must not use the art commercially, add "NC"
> (non-commercial)
> If the licensee must not pack the art into proprietary derivative
> work, add "SA" (share-alike)
If you don't care if your licensees share alike (ie: you don't want copyleft), and you don't care whether they give you credit (attribution), you probably just want CC (Creative Commons).
Here for more on GNU licenses: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html
Here for more on CC licenses: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
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David L. Willson
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This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
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> As I've been starting a github profile I came across a dilemma
> regarding which license to use.
> I have a bit of a unique view on IP - I like the GPL, but I don't
> believe people should be forced to share the source of derivative
> works (although I strongly encourage it!).
> The closest license I could find was Creative Commons Share-Alike
> Attribution (although the attribution wouldn't be strictly necessary
> as far as I'm concerned). But the license was written with creative
> works in mind rather than software code, so I'm a bit worried there
> might be unintended consequences using that license.
> So does anyone happen to know of any way that using that license
> would be 'broken' for licensing code rather than, say videos, music,
> or images?
> Also, does anyone know of another license I might be able to use that
> would fulfill those requirements? I've looked everywhere I could but
> found nothing other than the CC-SA-A.
> Here's one of the main tools I used for searching:
> http://choosealicense.com/licenses/
> Thanks!
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><span>My opinion: I prefer the
copyleft restriction on derivative works. I do not want to see our work
turned into non-free derivatives. So, </span>t<span id=3D"1db0e1d5-cb88-49a=
4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8">he usual licenses for
works developed by or for SFS are GPL and/or CC BY SA (http://creativecommo=
ns.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).<br><br></span>To your question: Are you licens=
ing code or art?<br><br>If you're licensing code, and you don't care if you=
r licensees share alike (ie: you don't want copyleft), you probably want an=
apache or <span id=3D"1db0e1d5-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8">bsd license.<b=
r><br>If you're licensing art, you probably want to use a Creative Commons =
license. Then, you want to choose your license restrictions.<br></span><blo=
ckquote><span id=3D"1db0e1d5-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8">If the licensee m=
ust give you credit as the author, add "BY" (attribution)</span><br><span i=
d=3D"1db0e1d5-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8">If the licensee must not use the=
art commercially, add "NC" (non-commercial)</span><br><span id=3D"1db0e1d5=
-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8">If the licensee must not pack the art into pr=
oprietary derivative work, add "SA" (share-alike)</span><br><span id=3D"1db=
0e1d5-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8"></span></blockquote><span id=3D"1db0e1d5=
-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8"></span><span id=3D"1db0e1d5-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e9=
0f3b6109a8">If you don't care if your licensees share alike (ie: you don't =
want copyleft), and you don't care whether they give you credit (attributio=
n), you probably just want CC (Creative Commons).<br><br>Here for more on G=
NU licenses: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html<br>Here for more on=
CC licenses: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/<br><br><span name=3D"x">=
</span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Sate=
llite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-333-L=
ANS(5267)<br>http://sofree.us<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<=
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family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div dir=3D"ltr">As I've=
been starting a github profile I came across a dilemma regarding which lic=
ense to use. <div><br></div><div>I have a bit of a unique view on IP -=
I like the GPL, but I don't believe people should be forced to share the s=
ource of derivative works (although I strongly encourage it!). </div>
<div><br></div><div>The closest license I could find was Creative Commons S=
hare-Alike Attribution (although the attribution wouldn't be strictly neces=
sary as far as I'm concerned). But the license was written with creative wo=
rks in mind rather than software code, so I'm a bit worried there might be =
unintended consequences using that license. </div>
<div><br></div><div>So does anyone happen to know of any way that using tha=
t license would be 'broken' for licensing code rather than, say videos, mus=
ic, or images? </div><div><br></div><div>Also, does anyone know of ano=
ther license I might be able to use that would fulfill those requirements? =
I've looked everywhere I could but found nothing other than the CC-SA-A.&nb=
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hoosealicense.com/licenses/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div></div=
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