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The GNU license? http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

• saiko-chriskun 14y ago
  did you not read the original post?
  • horsehead 14y ago
    I did.
    • noahc 14y ago
      It violates the "only thing I ask..." line because it requires that all derivative works be GPL as well.
      • horsehead 14y ago
        While I'm not exactly up to speed on all the details of the GPL, but i was under impression that you could tweak licenses as you wanted .... in that case, the GPL would give you a nice framework to start with. That's if i'm remembering licensing conventions correctly.
• sbank 14y ago
  OP only wants credit, so the GPL is a bad choice. In my opinion, the GPL is awful. It is among other things: 1. Programmer hostile. For the most part, the people who can make money off GPL licensed software are system administrators, people selling support and training, and so forth. If you are a developer and try to use the software, you better be careful with how you use it. 2. Riddled with nonsensical legal fiction. The limits regarding linking are arbitrary. What about "linking" with the software by using its output with pipes, speaking to it over sockets, and so on? 3. A poor choice for people who love open source. Are you an author who creates open source software, and you want to link your software with a library written in GPL? Careful, or the GPL monster will eat you and make your code GPL too. My own hate of the GPL aside, the main thing to take away is that it doesn't fit OP. People who create software can pick whatever license they wish, and I respect that. I just reserve the right to despise the GPL. OP, perhaps the ISC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license)? It is BSD style and keeps it to a minimum.