Ed Leafe wrote:
> On Nov 3, 2004, at 9:56 AM, Paul McNett wrote:
>
>> Let's ditch GPL, FOSS exceptions, and commercial licenses, and instead
>> switch to a very simple liberal license, and plan on making our income
>> by consulting and support contracts, Dabo-wear (tshirts...), and
>> possible "Powered by Dabo" side projects. Then we can focus our
>> limited energies not on licensing issues but technical issues, and
>> Dabo's potential momentum won't be hamstrung prematurely.
>
>
> OK, then pick a license and let's go ahead with it. But let's not
> wait - I'd rather be able to announce a new release with a new licensing
> scheme together.
Ok, I just had a quick look. The wxPython and Python licenses are longer
than I thought they would be. The one I like the best is the classic MIT
license:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html
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