[PD] Wich licence?

[Jonathan Wilkes]

On 02/15/2014 03:14 PM, olm-e wrote:
> On 15/02/14 20:53, pd-list-request at iem.at wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:52:58 -0300
>> From: Mario Mey <mariomey at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [PD] Wich licence?
>> To: pd-list at iem.at
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>> On 14/02/14 15:45, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
>>>> How would that be any different than spyware?
>>>>
>>>> -Jonathan
>> Haha! Good point!
>>
>> Thanks everybody for the answers. I took a look to Matt Davey's DIY2
>> effects and he put no license txt file on its folder. Maelstorm mmb
>> libraries have no license too...
>>
>> My patch is for everyone who wants to use it or learn with it. If
>> someone finally uses MEH-SYSTEM or a modified version of it in stage or
>> for a video or whatever... I "would like" to know it... only that!
>>
>> Maybe I leave it as is. Saying nothing about license...

Skim the Wikipedia pages for GPL and 3-clause BSD, choose the one you 
prefer, and then you're done.

Otherwise you create potential work for anyone who may have a use for 
your software to figure out what the terms of use and distribution are.  
It's probably not a big deal for a particular piece of software, and 
there are plenty of Pd patches out there that don't specify anything.  
But when you take, say, everything that exists on Github, the lack of 
licenses probably leads to busywork that eats up measurable amounts of 
time and effort.

-Jonathan

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> Hello,
> having no licence is probably not a good idea, as it's like enforcing
> the default copyright rules that basically give no rights at all ...
> (lots of code are practically not legaly usable on github for that
> reason f.ex.)
> the best would be IMHO to put it in (L)GPL and gently ask to downloaders
> to report use as a courtesy on the download page...
> have a good day,
>
> Ol.
>
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