Re: Licenses for Sharing Notebooks
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- Subject: [mg96925] Re: Licenses for Sharing Notebooks
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:14:22 -0500 (EST)
- References: <go6376$peo$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi Hans, what is wrong with public software. I think it hinders development if everybody tries to conceal their work. I got the impression that the less qualified people are, the more energy they spend on licensing and encryption. Daniel vpmtllc at gmail.com wrote: > I was wondering what kind of licenses are commonly used to distribute > and share Mathematica notebooks, such as tutorials and interactive > lecture notes, without completely setting them into public domain. >>From what I can tell, standard OSS licenses such as GPL with their > focus on compiled binaries do not really seem to be appropriate. Maybe > the different variations of Creative Commons Licenses [http:// > creativecommons.org/license/] are a better fit? Could people in this > group share if and why they selected a specific license in a similar > siutation? > > Thanks, > Hans-Martin >