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Name: Anonymous 2007-01-08 9:08

Heya. I'm in the process of releasing an app I wrote to the public, and I'm looking for a good license to put on it. I don't wish to reserve any rights whatsoever, and I don't really care if people want to claim it as their own.

What I DO want is to ensure that no one can get in to any form of legal trouble by copying and using my program. I'd also prefer if no one was able to get ME into any legal trouble either.

Do I distribute it without any license and hope anonymity solves my problems, or do I GPL it?
I just took a quick look on GPL, and I believe it's too restrictive...

Name: Anonymous 2007-01-09 19:27

>>1
Public domain: Simplest and least restrictive license. You allow people to do anything.
BSD: Honourable version of public domain where you retain credits.
GPL: Viral, more restrictive free open source license that forces stuff derived from your work to be GPL too, and prevents others from profiting from your work. I like BSD better because it's less restrictive. However, the new beta GPLv3 has clauses against digital AIDS (digital restrictions management/DRM, treacherous computing/TC) and abusive software patents (American shit), so I like it the best.

So I recommend GPLv3 draft 2 or something like that.

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