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

[Brandon Corey]

FYI, this page has some basic information on pretty much every license
I've ever come across.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html

Brandon

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 08:54:36AM -0400, Tom Sorensen wrote:
> 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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