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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Arial>></FONT><STRONG>From:</STRONG> Robin 'Roblimo' Miller [mailto:robin@roblimo.com]<BR></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><FONT face=Tahoma>></FONT>For maximum code compatibility with other F/OSS projects, GPL is the<BR>>obvious choice.<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>For maximum code compatibility with other GPL projects, GPL is the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>obvious choice. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>For maximum code compatibility with other open source projects, MIT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>or BSD is the </FONT><FONT size=2>obvious choice. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>For you, LGPL 2.1 or MPL 1.1 is likely one of the better choices. They </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>provide sufficient reuse but require that enhancements to your code to be</DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>passed on to users of the derivative code.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><A href="http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/">http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/</A></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I would not use LGPL 3.0 since it is incompatible with GPL v2 only projects. </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Instead use "LGPL 2.1 or later".</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Please do not pick GPL if reuse among projects is a </FONT>desire. GPL </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>"compatibility" with other open source licenses is strictly one way.</DIV></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I also would not be swayed by the number of projects that use GPL.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>The world would be a lot poorer without Apache, BSD, MIT and MPL </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>based projects. No Apache, no Firefox, no BSDs (including OSX) etc.<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>