[License-discuss] Open source license chooser choosealicense.com launched.

[Bruno F. Souza]

On 15/07/2013, at 15:10, John Cowan <cowan at mercury.ccil.org> wrote:

> Karl Fogel scripsit:
> 
>>  http://choosealicense.com/
>> 
>> We may want to consider linking to it from OSI's FAQ, but it would be
>> great to get people's opinions first.
> 
> While I am obviously just me and not GitHub, and my site is not as
> pretty, I would also ask the OSI to look at <http://ccil.org/~cowan/floss>
> as a license-choosing resource.  Historically OSI has shyed away from
> such things because they involve recommending licenses without being
> lawyers, and also suggest that some licenses are more useful than others.
> 

Although OSI may not want to recommend licenses, having a set of "license
choosers" linked from the FAQ I think is a great idea. Each site will probably 
have its own level of disclaimers anyway. Having a few choosers will help
users, and being more then one, it has no chance in being confused with
a specific OSI recommendation. Choosers will probably cary their own bias, and
developers can learn from each view on the respective sites. 

I think your license chooser is very straightforward and simple, what is great and
helpful! The one thing I would add to it is some context, since it is a bit "bare", IMHO.

Thanks!
Bruno.

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Bruno.
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