Licenses for goodies Re: [ANN] kats-0.1a - a smalltalk transaction service

Karl Ramberg karl.ramberg at chello.se
Wed Aug 1 16:56:49 UTC 2001


Stephen Pair wrote:

> I wanted to release this under a license compatible with the Squeak
> license and basically require that derivative works be required be
> released under the same open source license as the original while
> allowing both commercial and non-commercial use of the transaction
> system.  I started modifying the Squeak license, but didn't feel
> comfortable doing so (because IANAL, and because I figured Apple
> probably has a copyright on the license itself), so I resorted to the
> LGPL...if anyone sees any problems with this, please let me know.
> 
> - Stephen

I also wonder what the "best" license for a goodie is. I want something
in the spirit of the Squeak license and not as restrict as gpl. 
How about the bsd license ? 

Karl




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