[hackers-il] New Essay - "FOSS Licences Wars"

[Shlomi Fish]

On Tuesday 25 August 2009 19:29:31 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I have published a new essay about free software licences:
> >
> > http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/open-source/foss-licences-
> >wars/
> >
> > Any comments will be welcome.
>
> Tens of comments here already:
> http://developers.slashdot.org/story/09/08/25/1356213/Getting-Through-the-F
>OSS-License-Minefield

Hi Dotan!

Thanks for submitting this story to Slashdot, (which got it accepted 
eventually). I submitted it too, but I didn't see it published. I'm not sure I 
understood the teaser paragraph:

<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Here's an exercise: Write a GPLed server for solving Freecell that the 
graphical game would communicate with using TCP/IP or a different IPC 
mechanism. Easy, right? Except for that pesky licensing bit. Our own Shlomi 
Fish gives an overview of the various options in picking up a licence for 
one's FOSS project, and tries to give some guidelines choosing one."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>

What I meant by giving the GPLed Freecell solving server example was that it's 
an option even if one only has found a strong-copylefted Freecell-solving 
library, which can work around the licence's limitations, and will allow you 
to use it withing programs of incompatible licences. On the other hand, you 
implied that it may not be an option due to the licence. But I may not read 
you correctly.

Anyway, thanks - I'll try to read the comments when I have some spare cycles. 
Oh, and I'm planning to respond to Mikhael Goikhman ("Migo") email too later 
as well.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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