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    Re: LSynth 2.0 Available —Kevin Clague
   Hi Don, I have no idea what license to choose. Do you have a recommendation? Kevin (...) <snip> (21 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
   
        Re: LSynth 2.0 Available —Don Heyse
   (...) Not really. I tend to waver somewhere between the GPL and Public Domain, depending on how long it's been since I've had trouble with piece of closed software. Of the few licences here (URL) I've read, the zlib license is the shortest, and I do (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
   
        Re: LSynth 2.0 Available —William R. Ward
   (...) GPL is the best in terms or preserving the author's rights. Public Domain is a bad idea - it means you surrender any rights to the software, and people can then basically use it to build their own commercial programs and wouldn't owe you (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
   
        Re: LSynth 2.0 Available —Kevin Clague
   Bill, My initial thought is.... what are the chances that someone will find a commercial use for this program? But in thinking about it more, I have no idea how far other contributing authors will take this program, so out of respect for their (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
   
        Re: LSynth 2.0 Available —William R. Ward
   (...) Another issue is the ownership of the changes. Do you wish to require authors who contribute changes to assign ownership of the changes to you? If you do not, then the program becomes partly owned by you and all whose code you have accepted (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
 

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