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Making code public -- What steps to take? GPL?
Hi, I am in the process of writing a simple but useful plugin for a blogging
application....
Long story short, I want to give-back to the community (i.e. free
plugin), but would like to make an attempt at retaining some credit if
folks port/use to/in other scripts/blogs/cms apps.
Any tips or links ya'll could share with me?
Anyone have any /* comment blocks */ I could put in my code?
Something like this, for example:
/*
** THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY
** OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
** LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
** FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
** NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
** COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES
** OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
** CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
** OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
** OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
Different verbiage, of course...
Or, should I just not worry about this?
Lol! I hope I am phrasing my question right... I have been up all night
coding, so my brain is kinda mushy right about now. :D
Many TIA's!
Cheers,
Micky
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If you want to retain some credit but don't care about
distribution/modification/redistribution, check out the MIT license (more
commonly referred to as the X or X11 license). We're using it in a project
that combines PHP and text-to-speech technology. It allows people to
improve (or degrade) our code, but says that we should still get our names
at the top as the original authors.
On 5/13/07, Micky Hulse <m@ambiguism.com> wrote:
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On 5/13/07, Daniel Brown <paras @gmail.com> wrote: > If you want to retain some credit but don't care about
> distribution/modification/redistribution, check out the MIT license (more
> commonly referred to as the X or X11 license). We're using it in a project
> that combines PHP and text-to-speech technology. It allows people to
> improve (or degrade) our code, but says that we should still get our names
> at the top as the original authors.
You know more than me daniel :P All current releases aren't packed with any license, and in
sourceforge the PHP license is selected i believe :P
I'd say, don't worry too much about the license, just put your name on
top of the code, and some other nonsense, like:
You're allowed to use this code, as long as you leave above lines
intact., where above your credit is listed of course.
Tijnema
Daniel Brown wrote:
> If you want to retain some credit but don't care about
> distribution/modification/redistribution, check out the MIT license (more
> commonly referred to as the X or X11 license). We're using it in a project
Ah, great tip! :D I will definitely read-up on the MIT license after I get some zzZZzz's!
It sure does sounds like what I am looking for. ;)
> that combines PHP and text-to-speech technology. It allows people to
> improve (or degrade) our code, but says that we should still get our names
> at the top as the original authors.
Oh, wow! That sounds like a great project... and it is cool to hear what you/your team decided to use for licensing. :) Many thanks Daniel! I really appreciate the help and advice.
Have a great day,
Cheers,
Micky
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Hey! Tijnema! Thanks for the quick reply. :) Tijnema ! wrote:
> I'd say, don't worry too much about the license, just put your name on
> top of the code, and some other nonsense, like:
> You're allowed to use this code, as long as you leave above lines
> intact., where above your credit is listed of course.
Ah, well, that does sound good too. I a mainly looking to keep my name/website somewhere in the comments. :D Whichever route I end-up taking, it is definitely nice to hear what the
pros prefer. ;)
Thanks again Tijnema!
Have a great day.
Cheers,
Micky
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On Sunday 13 May 2007 21:17, Micky Hulse wrote: > I will definitely read-up on the MIT license after I get some zzZZzz's!
Don't forget the MIT license allows people to incorporate your code into commercial products and sell for profit without having to give anything back (money/improved code/etc). --
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Right, I alluded to that, but perhaps I should've said that exactly, as
it may bother some people. In my case, it doesn't bother me in the least,
just as I use LAMP (all open source) to make a living.
On 5/13/07, Crayon Shin Chan <crayon.shin.chan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 13 May 2007 21:17, Micky Hulse wrote:
> > I will definitely read-up on the MIT license after I get some zzZZzz's!
> Don't forget the MIT license allows people to incorporate your code into
> commercial products and sell for profit without having to give anything
> back (money/improved code/etc).
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Crayon Shin Chan wrote:
> Don't forget the MIT license allows people to incorporate your code into
> commercial products and sell for profit without having to give anything
> back (money/improved code/etc).
Hi Cayon, thanks for clarification. I just woke up, so I have not had a chance to really research the best
option for my code... Hmm, a part of me does not mind the things you say
above, but another part of me wonders if it would be best to restrict
the commercial usage of it.
Heheh, well, either way, thanks for the help. I appreciate it.
Have a great day.
Cheers,
Micky
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The biggest thing to remember is that a license is like a key.... it's
meant to keep an honest man honest, but won't stop someone who is intent on
taking what they want for a profit.
On 5/13/07, Micky Hulse <m@ambiguism.com> wrote:
> Crayon Shin Chan wrote:
> > Don't forget the MIT license allows people to incorporate your code into
> > commercial products and sell for profit without having to give anything
> > back (money/improved code/etc).
> Hi Cayon, thanks for clarification.
> I just woke up, so I have not had a chance to really research the best
> option for my code... Hmm, a part of me does not mind the things you say
> above, but another part of me wonders if it would be best to restrict
> the commercial usage of it.
> Heheh, well, either way, thanks for the help. I appreciate it.
> Have a great day.
> Cheers,
> Micky
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Daniel Brown wrote:
> Right, I alluded to that, but perhaps I should've said that exactly, as
> it may bother some people. In my case, it doesn't bother me in the least,
> just as I use LAMP (all open source) to make a living.
Oh, I think I understood that. But there is always room for clarifications. :D Thanks Daniel,
Cheers,
Micky
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Beware also that if you have an "advertising clause" that requires your name to stay on it, then you could be preventing GPLed projects from using it. The GPL is incompatible with "advertising clause" licenses. That's why the PHP License, for instance, is GPL-incompatible. (GPL is the most widely used Free Software / Open Source license by a very wide margin.) If you're OK with both open source and proprietary usage, then consider the
LGPL. It's compatible both directions, only requiring modifications to your
code specifically to be shared. The modern BSD license is even more
permissable. It doesn't have a mandatory advertising clause, but IME if you
have a good drop-in module that has a "copyright Me and released under the
LGPL, see home page here" type message most people won't bother taking it
out.
The people who would try to take credit for your code wouldn't care what
license it was under in the first place anyway.
Thank you for sharing your code!
On Sunday 13 May 2007, Daniel Brown wrote:
> Right, I alluded to that, but perhaps I should've said that exactly, as > it may bother some people. In my case, it doesn't bother me in the least, > just as I use LAMP (all open source) to make a living. > On 5/13/07, Crayon Shin Chan <crayon.shin.chan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday 13 May 2007 21:17, Micky Hulse wrote:
> > > I will definitely read-up on the MIT license after I get some zzZZzz's!
> > Don't forget the MIT license allows people to incorporate your code into
> > commercial products and sell for profit without having to give anything
> > back (money/improved code/etc).
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> > Crayon
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-- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 l @garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of
exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea,
which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to
himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession
of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas
Jefferson
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On Monday 14 May 2007 07:30, Daniel Brown wrote: Please don't top post.
> The biggest thing to remember is that a license is like a key....
> it's meant to keep an honest man honest, but won't stop someone who is
> intent on taking what they want for a profit.
Sure, but if you don't make your intentions clear from the start then there's no use complaining afterwards. Not quite an accurate analogy but here goes: "If you leave valuables around your house and leave the doors and windows
unlocked you're not going to get much sympathy from the police (or the
insurance company for that matter) when you get burgled."
So, if you don't use a suitable license then you don't have a stick to
beat someone with should it ever come to it.
--
Crayon
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