BSD+1 License

[Bruce Perens]

Stefano Vincenzi wrote:
> I have tought about it, and it is more like this: if you make a 
> commercial distribution, share alike. What I want is a copyleft 
> license that isn't as long as the GPL... but I guess it will be better 
> to read and analyse the GPL before making that.
You might also read some cases or hang out on Groklaw. The ultimate 
purpose of a license is to guide the judge in his or her ruling. If it 
works for programmers and not for the judge, it doesn't really work. So, 
to do this effectively you need to start getting into the perspective of 
a lawyer or judge.
> What I don't understand is how then the GPL is considered open source, 
> if it has limitations for commercial uses.
What has happened here is that people who don't understand licenses have 
convinced you that the GPL limits commercial use. It doesn't. It just 
enforces sharing, and enforced sharing is not compatible with some 
methods of making money from software.

    Thanks

    Bruce