Ask HN: Where can I find a good tl;dr of the different open source licenses?

#1

Post by txsl » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 9:18 PM UTC

I'm trying to figure out what license to put on some of my projects, but so far all of the pages I've read are too long and complicated for my (student) brain to understand!

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a good tl;dr of the different open source licenses?

#2

Post by dangrossman » Tue, Apr 30, 2013, 10:33 PM UTC

http://www.tldrlegal.com/

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a good tl;dr of the different open source licenses?

#3

Post by yousif_s » Wed, May 01, 2013, 2:03 AM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #2

http://www.tldrlegal.com/

Very helpful. Thanks! Any thoughts on how accurate the descriptions are.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a good tl;dr of the different open source licenses?

#4

Post by xtnzt19 » Wed, May 01, 2013, 7:07 AM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #2

http://www.tldrlegal.com/

great! :)

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a good tl;dr of the different open source licenses?

#5

Post by royalsporks » Wed, May 01, 2013, 8:10 AM UTC

I have used http://www.tldrlegal.com/compare and found their descriptions quite accurate.

Re: Ask HN: Where can I find a good tl;dr of the different open source licenses?

#6

Post by txsl » Fri, May 03, 2013, 5:39 PM UTC

dangrossman wrote: post #2

http://www.tldrlegal.com/

Thank you!