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Rjt: Rjt moved page Distribution:Licensing to Guide:Licensing: Cleaning up pseudo-namespaces

2021-06-13T20:07:00Z

Rjt moved page Distribution:Licensing to Guide:Licensing: Cleaning up pseudo-namespaces

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	==Broad Summary==		==Broad Summary==
	I like this summation I read on Mastodon:		I like this summation I read on Mastodon:

	{{blockquote\|[...] the difference between FOSS licenses isn't really about how much freedom they grant but who gets that freedom.<br>e.g. GPL/AGPL focuses on end-user freedom, MIT/BSD focuses on developer freedom, and Apache/MPL tries to find a compromise between the two.\|[https://floss.social/@alcinnz/99939918910346102 @alcinnz@floss.social]}}		{{blockquote\|[...] the difference between FOSS licenses isn't really about how much freedom they grant but who gets that freedom.<br>e.g. GPL/AGPL focuses on end-user freedom, MIT/BSD focuses on developer freedom, and Apache/MPL tries to find a compromise between the two.\|[https://floss.social/@alcinnz/99939918910346102 @alcinnz@floss.social]}}

Rjt: /* See Also */ link to My Lawyer is an Artist

2020-05-04T06:41:19Z

See Also: link to My Lawyer is an Artist

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	* [https://github.com/copyleft-next copyleft-next] - In-development, alternative copyleft licence.		* [https://github.com/copyleft-next copyleft-next] - In-development, alternative copyleft licence.
	** [https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/copyleft-next@lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/73KKL5E6QDOXIYEGHSJUXFTSNOND6KCJ/ Notes sent to the Fedora mailing list]		** [https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/copyleft-next@lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/73KKL5E6QDOXIYEGHSJUXFTSNOND6KCJ/ Notes sent to the Fedora mailing list]
			* [http://hz-journal.org/n19/mansoux.html My Lawyer is an Artist: Free Culture Licenses as Art Manifestos], by Aymeric Mansoux.

Rjt: /* See Also */ copyleft-next

2018-05-30T17:59:06Z

Rjt: Rjt moved page Distribution:licensing to Distribution:Licensing without leaving a redirect: capital letter mate :0

2018-05-18T12:45:37Z

Rjt moved page Distribution:licensing to Distribution:Licensing without leaving a redirect: capital letter mate :0

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Rjt: /* Broad Summary */ credited alcinnz's full address

2018-05-03T17:48:19Z

Broad Summary: credited alcinnz's full address

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	==Broad Summary==		==Broad Summary==
	I like this summation I read on Mastodon:		I like this summation I read on Mastodon:
	{{blockquote\|[...] the difference between FOSS licenses isn't really about how much freedom they grant but who gets that freedom.<br>e.g. GPL/AGPL focuses on end-user freedom, MIT/BSD focuses on developer freedom, and Apache/MPL tries to find a compromise between the two.\|[https://floss.social/@alcinnz/99939918910346102 alcinnz]}}		{{blockquote\|[...] the difference between FOSS licenses isn't really about how much freedom they grant but who gets that freedom.<br>e.g. GPL/AGPL focuses on end-user freedom, MIT/BSD focuses on developer freedom, and Apache/MPL tries to find a compromise between the two.\|[https://floss.social/@alcinnz/99939918910346102 @alcinnz@floss.social]}}

	;GPL and AGPL		;GPL and AGPL

Rjt: /* See Also */ Added 'Quick Guide to Creative Commons'

2018-05-03T17:46:57Z

See Also: Added 'Quick Guide to Creative Commons'

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	* [https://choosealicense.com/ choosealicense.com]		* [https://choosealicense.com/ choosealicense.com]
	* [https://opensource.org/licenses opensource.org/licenses]		* [https://opensource.org/licenses opensource.org/licenses]
			* [https://mastodon.art/@luka/99919847314452477 Quick Guide to Creative Commons] - Mastodon thread, by [https://mastodon.art/@luka @luka@mastodon.art]

Rjt: Created

2018-05-01T13:45:19Z

Created

New page

Getting your head round different licences can be a real pain, and most of us don't even bother. But I'm gunna use this page to try to make sense of them.

TBH if someone goes against the licence you apply to your software you probably can't afford to do anything about it, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

==Broad Summary==
I like this summation I read on Mastodon:
{{blockquote|[...] the difference between FOSS licenses isn't really about how much freedom they grant but who gets that freedom.<br>e.g. GPL/AGPL focuses on end-user freedom, MIT/BSD focuses on developer freedom, and Apache/MPL tries to find a compromise between the two.|[https://floss.social/@alcinnz/99939918910346102 alcinnz]}}

;GPL and AGPL
:[[Wikipedia:Copyleft|Copyleft]], ''user-centric'' in that they require any work done with the code to also be contributable back to the original source.
;MIT and BSD
:[[Wikipedia:Permissive_software_licence|Permissive]], ''developer-centric'' in that it allows people to use the code to make new software and change the licence or make money or whatever.
;Unlicence and CC0
:[[Wikipedia:Public domain|Public domain]], giving full permission for people to do whatever they wish.
;Creative Commons
:Actually a bunch of licences with somewhat granular control of which rights you wish to include.

==See Also==
* [https://unlicense.org/ unlicense.org]
* [https://choosealicense.com/ choosealicense.com]
* [https://opensource.org/licenses opensource.org/licenses]

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	* [https://opensource.org/licenses opensource.org/licenses]		* [https://opensource.org/licenses opensource.org/licenses]
	* [https://mastodon.art/@luka/99919847314452477 Quick Guide to Creative Commons] - Mastodon thread, by [https://mastodon.art/@luka @luka@mastodon.art]		* [https://mastodon.art/@luka/99919847314452477 Quick Guide to Creative Commons] - Mastodon thread, by [https://mastodon.art/@luka @luka@mastodon.art]
			* [https://github.com/copyleft-next copyleft-next] - In-development, alternative copyleft licence.
			** [https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/copyleft-next@lists.fedorahosted.org/thread/73KKL5E6QDOXIYEGHSJUXFTSNOND6KCJ/ Notes sent to the Fedora mailing list]