Which License should I pick?

[John Cowan]

Scott Long scripsit:

> I also feel that a person shouldn't be made to read kilobytes of text
> in order to understand the license agreement. Therefore, the brevity
> and clarity of the license is also a factor. (This also has to do with
> my ability to understand my own license, because legal language causes
> my eyes to glaze rather rapidly.)

Notwithstanding this point, I think you should at least consider the
Academic Free License, because of its protection against patent
poison pills.

-- 
John Cowan    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan   <jcowan at reutershealth.com>
    "Any legal document draws most of its meaning from context.  A telegram
    that says 'SELL HUNDRED THOUSAND SHARES IBM SHORT' (only 190 bits in
    5-bit Baudot code plus appropriate headers) is as good a legal document
    as any, even sans digital signature." --me
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