[PD] Wich licence?

[Mario Mey]

Right, I put GPL license, I think it is the best for this project. I 
uploaded it here:

http://puredata.hurleur.com/viewtopic.php?pid=40358#p40358

You can see MEH-SYSTEM on stage and with full success, here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckKg_rS5ezQ

Thanks everybody!



On 16/02/14 02:03, Jonathan Wilkes wrote:
> 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
>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>> 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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