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Re: [flask] Licensing suggestion

From:

Kenneth Reitz

Date:

2011-12-13 @ 15:37

Freedom shouldn't be restrictive! A strait up BSD/MIT license is typically
your best best. 

If you're really set on the commercial license, the best route to go is a 
split GPL + Commercial License. 

-- 
Kenneth Reitz


On Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Anthony Ford wrote:

> Hey all,
> I know it's a bit off topic, but I'm looking for some advice concerning 
licensing. 
> 
> I'm working with a small group on a web-app for the local regional 
Science Fair. 
> They wanted a custom registration site, got a hold of me, and I put together a 
> small group interested in learning flask/python, and started work. However, I 
> recently started thinking about licensing.
> 
> I want a license that supports open source for the project, but I kind 
of want to 
> keep it from being used for commercial use. Do you all think that's a 
good idea? 
> Or should I just go with the same 3 clause BSD license used by Flask (and 
> many of the extensions) ?
>  
> Thanks,
> Anthony Ford,
> KF5IBN,
> Research Assistant,
> Center for Advanced Radio Astronomy,
> University of Texas at Brownsville
> ford.anthonyj@gmail.com (mailto:ford.anthonyj@gmail.com) 

Hi
   In case you want people not to make closed source product with your
contribution, you can go ahead with GPL. I am not sure BSD three clause
license is compatible with GPL, if it is LGPL, I am sure BSD license is
compatible.

Regards
Kracekumar

Thanks for your input guys. I think I'll go with the BSD License.


Anthony Ford,
KF5IBN,
Research Assistant,
Center for Advanced Radio Astronomy,
University of Texas at Brownsville
ford.anthonyj@gmail.com

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com> wrote:
> Freedom shouldn't be restrictive! A strait up BSD/MIT license is typically
> your best best.

+1