[TriLUG] GPLv2, GPLv3, or Expat?

Warren Myers via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Wed Aug 24 14:21:32 EDT 2016


Personally, I dislike the GPLs - I much prefer the CC
<http://t.sidekickopen64.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg4WzrhWW1q0T6P5vwjy0W2Bpv_C56dDGWf3L6hPM02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2F&si=6184541349216256&pi=ce74f1bd-de91-46eb-e18e-0c82719fcd3a>
license group unless you want something more permissive, in which case MIT
or BSD is great.

Seems Expat is similar to MIT/BSD.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Steve Litt via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've almost finished UMENU2. Documentation, packaging and licensing
> remain.
>
> The three licenses I'm considering are the Expat license
> (http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Expat), the GPLv3 license
> (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html), or the GPLv2
> (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html). The GPL
> licenses are copyleft, Expat (which resembles the X11 license) is
> permissive.
>
> Any thoughts on the subject?
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
> Steve Litt
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