License FAQ

[Russell Nelson]

jasonc at darkpenguin.com writes:
 > Hello All,
 > 
 > Please excuse me if I've overlooked this but I can't seem to find any sort of
 > FAQ or reference that gives an overview of the various licenses.  Does anyone
 > know of a good resource that compares and contrasts the major open source
 > licenses in layman's terms?

Read Eric's draft for a Licensing HOWTO:

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/Licensing-HOWTO.html

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