[ID3 Dev] I want to make my Java API OpenSource

[Tom Sorensen]

To clarify what Scott said a bit, here's what happens if you release
your library under X license (loosely):

BSD/MIT (very similar): They are not required to publish any source,
only to acknowledge your library and indicate that you wrote it, not
them.
LGPL: As above, but they do have to publish changes they make to your source.
GPL: As above, plus they have to publish all of their own source code,
even if they link to it dynamically.

Note that LGPL is of questionable legal standing; it's never been
tested and there's a lot of weird "edge" cases (although I'm unsure
that they apply to Java). Both the BSD/MIT licenses and the GPL are
court tested (in the US at least) and solid.

There are many, many other OSS licenses as well, but those four are
the big ones, and most other licenses are similar in nature to one of
them.

On 6/6/06, Michal Vician <id3v2 at audiott.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Maybe some of you know me. I've been for few months very busy because of
> school leaving exams. Fortunately, I passed all of them without any
> problems and now I have time for things I relly like - programming :-)
>
> Maybe you know freeware AudioTT which I have wrote. Now I want to publish
> my Java API that can handle almost everything related to MP3 and ID3 tags
> (using this API you can gain information about MP3 format, manipulate with
> ID3 v1/v2.3/v2.4 tag, it supports also new CHAP and CTOC frames ....).
>
> Is there anybody have some experiences with GPL, LGPL... licences, or
> anybody who would like to contribute etc.
>
> Just let me know please. I appreciate any help.
>
> Kind regards
> Miso
>
> ---
> Michal Vician
> id3v2 at audiott.com
> http://www.audiott.com/
>
>
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