[extropy-chat] Open Source Licensing - help!

[Chris Hibbert]

Getting something hosted on sourceforge is pretty simple.  I'm working 
on open source software for prediction markets, 
(sourceforge.net/projects/zocalo) and it didn't take long to fill out 
the forms.  My software uses the MIT license, 
(http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php) which is among the most 
open and short licenses.  It allows people to use, re-use, or modify it 
at will.  It does have this clause, which might be enough to satisfy 
your desire for acknowledgment:

   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
   included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

That requires people to include your license with your code if they ship 
it to others, but doesn't require a display banner at run time.  If your 
code gets used in a server product, the end-users won't see your logo 
anyway.

Chris
-- 
It is easy to turn an aquarium into fish soup, but not so
easy to turn fish soup back into an aquarium.
-- Lech Walesa on reverting to a market economy.

Chris Hibbert
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