11/19/04: Open Source Licenses - More Than Just the GPL
Open Source Licenses Are Not All the Same by Stephen Fishman -- As open source and the Internet continue to grow in popularity, more and more users and developers come into contact with open source code. Though the various licenses increase user rights somehow, they all do it in different ways and with different goals. Steve Fishman categorizes several popular licenses and explains their implications.
This is a must read for anyone who distributes their own code, whatever the type. Personally, I knew there were different licenses, but until now I did not know how and was just not pressed to look it up.
11/19/04: Open Source Licenses - More Than Just the GPL
Open Source Licenses Are Not All the Same by Stephen Fishman -- As open source and the Internet continue to grow in popularity, more and more users and developers come into contact with open source code. Though the various licenses increase user rights somehow, they all do it in different ways and with different goals. Steve Fishman categorizes several popular licenses and explains their implications.
This is a must read for anyone who distributes their own code, whatever the type. Personally, I knew there were different licenses, but until now I did not know how and was just not pressed to look it up.