LXer: What motivates free software developers to choose between copyleft and permissive licences?

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LXer: What motivates free software developers to choose between copyleft and permissive licences?

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08-08-2013, 09:50 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,294 Rep:	LXer: What motivates free software developers to choose between copyleft and permissive licences? Published at LXer: Free software licenses can be divided into two broad categories: copyleft licenses (like the GPL), which require derivatives of the software to be licensed under the same terms; and permissive licenses (like the MIT/X11 license), which allow the software to be reused in any project, even closed-source projects. Read More...

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