license categories, was: I'm not supposed to use the ECL v2?
Matthew Flaschen
matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Thu Dec 13 22:03:15 UTC 2007
Chris Travers wrote:
> There are, of course, many factors which can go into choosing a license,
> However many copyleft licenses are incompatible with the copyleft licenses
> in this list. One would do well to note that a great deal of software under
> licenses such as the GPL v2 might not be useful to your project if you use
> more obscure licenses, hence you may lose out on valuable opportunities if
> you choose a lesser-known license.
>
>
> Best Wishes,
> Chris Travers
I don't like this wording, as it suggests OSI inherently favors
copyleft...which is surprising given you wrote it.
Matt Flaschen
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