[TriLUG] GPLv2, GPLv3, or Expat?

[Robert Dale via TriLUG]

Depends on what your goals are.  http://choosealicense.com/

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Warren Myers via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Personally, I dislike the GPLs - I much prefer the CC
> <http://t.sidekickopen64.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nM
> JW7t5XYg4WzrhWW1q0T6P5vwjy0W2Bpv_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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