Restrictive Open Source License
Bani
borboleta at gmail.com
Tue Sep 21 17:24:13 UTC 2010
Yes, and it probably won't be approved if we consider the recent
history of people who tried to have their own licenses approved.
If you tell us beforehand what kind of restrictions you want maybe we
can give you better advice.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Shlomo Zalman Heigh <szh1 at szh1.com> wrote:
> If my lawyer rights the license, does it have to go through some sort
> of process to get approved?
> Shlomo Zalman Heigh
> Extreme Image Converter
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Bani <borboleta at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You can write your license any way you want, but depending on what
>> restrictions you place on them it won't be considered open source.
>> Also, it is a bad idea to write your own license if you don't have a
>> lawyer to review it, and even if you do, it will be bad for your users
>> to have to understand the implication of yet another license.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Shlomo Zalman Heigh <szh1 at szh1.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Is there an Open Source license that is more restrictive that the GPL?
>> > If
>> > not, can I write my own?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Shlomo Zalman Heigh
>> > Extreme Image Converter
>> >
>> >
>
>
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