[socal-piggies] License question

[Christopher Mahan]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:32 AM, John Mark Schofield <root at sudosu.net>wrote:

> * Does it bother you if someone else incorporates it into a commercial
> product? (If you're fine with that, use BSD/MIT license.)
> * Does it bother you if someone makes changes without sharing the changes?
> (If so, use GPL.)
>
> * Regarding "Public Domain" -- In general, yes, someone could make changes
> to your public domain code, copyright it, and release it as commercial
> software, or do anything else with it. It's important to note, however, that
> their copyright of the modified code does not prevent you from continuing to
> use your original code. And, as the
> http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/index_html#PublicDomain page notes,
> if you're thinking of releasing something Public Domain, you may as well
> release it MIT/BSD licensed instead.
>
>
> What are you releasing? Sometimes this makes a difference...
>
> I'm releasing a python2.6.4 builder for Debian Stable that only uses stuff
from stable repositories
(does not bring stuff from test or unstable) and excludes only two libraries
that are deprecated.

http://bitbucket.org/chris.mahan/debian-stable-python-2.6.4-deployer/

I did settle on the MIT, well, really the X11 license.

Thanks all for your advice. :)

Chris Mahan
(818) 671-1709
http://christophermahan.com/
chris.mahan at gmail.com
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