mpthompson
Joined: 02 Jan 2006
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Location: San Carlos, CA
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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:06 pm Post subject: License for OpenServo software |
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Does anyone have any thoughts on the license that should be used for the OpenServo software?
My own personal thoughts are that others should be able to do what they want with the software (i.e. BSD style license), but I've seen arguments that such licenses don't encourage contributions back to the original project. If feel this is why GPL is used by many projects.
-Mike |
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mpthompson
Joined: 02 Jan 2006
Posts: 650
Location: San Carlos, CA
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:23 am Post subject: |
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Hi Everyone,
In the next day or so I'll be updating the license in the ATtinyX5_Bootloader and ATtinyX5_OpenServo folders in the CVS tree to the MIT open source license as shown below:
| Code: | Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any
person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
documentation files (the ""Software""), to deal in the Software
without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to
whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall
be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ""AS IS"", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS
OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. |
More information about this license can be found at the following links:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License
The current software carries a modified BSD license which is essentially the same as the MIT license. However I think the MIT license is a bit more succinct and explicitly states the rights given to the end-user to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense and/or sell the software. The MIT license is a very well known OSI approved license that I feel best describes the intentions I have for the OpenServo project.
For people wishing to submit source code to be added to the OpenServo I will be asking for the code to be licensed under the same MIT license to keep things simple. This only applies to code that will be compiled and download to an OpenServo (i.e. the ATtinyX5_Bootloader and ATtinyX5_OpenServo projects). It doesn't apply to tools or utilities used to build or communicate with an OpenServo. In that case, any OSI approved will be accepted for non-servo code.
I wanted to bring this up before changing the license just to make sure I collected feedback from people.
-Mike |
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