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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a newbie to the open source initiative. Hence
my questions might seem naive.<BR><BR>We are planning to ship out a open source
offering next month.<BR><BR>1. With so many types of license, how do i choose
which one should be used or adapted from? Can i do this at all? How do we get an
approval from the open source org for an approval of the license?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://opensource.org/licenses/category">http://opensource.org/licenses/category</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. What is the difference between the two web sites
and the license on these websites?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.opensource.org">www.opensource.org</A> and <A
href="http://creativecommons.org/">http://creativecommons.org/</A> <BR><BR>3.
We are thinking of offering paid customer service for this offering at a
later point of time. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Would it be ok for us to offer paid customer
support and accept donations for running this initiative/ offering at the same
time?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank You</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers <BR>Deepak<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mail: <A
href="mailto:dee@pecats.com">dee@pecats.com</A> <BR>Web: <A
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