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[ILUG] GPL clarification.

[ILUG] GPL clarification.

Daniel Goldsmith daniel.goldsmith at gmail.com
Thu Mar 31 15:46:53 IST 2005


On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:39:52 +0100, Colm Buckley <colm at tuatha.org> wrote:
> On 31 Mar 2005, at 15:38, Kae Verens wrote:
> 
> > I don't understand any of this, which is why I don't bother licensing my code.
*
> > The only thing I would want
> > to make sure of is that anyone that takes the source I developed, does not
> > then package it under their own brand and subsequently try to sue me for
> > using "their" code.
*
> > In that context, would the GPL be worth studying to see if it matches
> > what I
> > want?
> 

As Colm said, I would also recommend the BSD licence to you for the
effects you want.

The worst thing you can do, however, given your comments between the
stars, is to release the code without any licence at all.

REgards,

Daniel



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