Open ≠ Free ≠ Gratis

#1

Post by henrikwm » Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 6:43 AM UTC

Open ≠ Free ≠ Gratis
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Re: Open ≠ Free ≠ Gratis

#2

Post by selbekk » Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 7:58 AM UTC

Jesus almighty that is a lot of licenses. No wonder MIT has just become the unquestioned default.

Re: Open ≠ Free ≠ Gratis

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Post by simendsjo » Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 8:41 AM UTC

selbekk wrote: post #2

Jesus almighty that is a lot of licenses. No wonder MIT has just become the unquestioned default.

> Jesus almighty that is a lot of licenses. No wonder MIT has just become the unquestioned default.

This is a specific thing per ecosystem/community. Some use a lot of MIT, some Apache, some BSD, some LGPL, some Boost and so on.

I suspect a lot of this is due to the viral nature of licenses. What license is compatible with MIT? MIT obviously, so let's just choose that :)

Re: Open ≠ Free ≠ Gratis

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Post by dang » Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 7:50 PM UTC

selbekk wrote: post #2

Jesus almighty that is a lot of licenses. No wonder MIT has just become the unquestioned default.

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