The Software Freedom Law Show

Episode 0x08: Selecting a FLOSS License

3 March 2009

Bradley and Karen discuss the issues and considerations for a FLOSS project selecting a license.

This show was released on Tuesday 3 March 2009; its running time is 00:40:30.

Bradley mentioned license proliferation. (02:50)
Karen mentioned the FSF License List. (04:40)
Although they are saying it too fast, Bradley and Karen are saying the word “Affero”, referring to the Affero GPL. (06:50)
Bradley and Karen discussed weak copyleft, such as the Lesser GPL. (16:00)
Bradley mentioned this blog post of his where he says most developers have traditionally seen a licensing decision as something you think about once and never revisit!. (22:35)
Karen mentioned the SFLC Primer.
Bradley mentioned checking if a license is on the FSF License List, on the OSI License List and if it's DFSG-Free before using it. (27:21)

Karen and Bradley debate various issues about license selection.

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