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A list of every type if license can't work, because it needs to be constantly updated and people may want to write their own, etc. That's why the general type
by madrobby 15y ago
A list of every type if license can't work, because it needs to be constantly updated and people may want to write their own, etc.
That's why the general type makes much more sense for a quick glimpse if some code is probably suitable license-wise for your project.
- metamattl 15y agoYou're against the GPL, but you're okay with people writing their own new licenses?
- Sanddancer 15y agoIf one feels that the license is flawed, then why not? It's possible to not like the viral clauses for various reasons, such as incompatibility with other viral licenses, but feel there is some issue, like patents, that are not well-covered under the BSD license, for example.
- dobs 15y agoThey could just pull the licenses from the OSI's list (http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical). And people writing their own licenses contributes to the license proliferation problem, so should be generally discouraged (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation).
- dave1010uk 15y agoList the most popular licences and have an "Other" option. Simple.