[TOS] notes about licenses and need for licensing

Shlomi Fish shlomif at shlomifish.org
Sun Apr 15 19:04:21 UTC 2018


On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 12:55:49 -0400
Joanna Klukowska <joannakl at cs.nyu.edu> wrote:

> Hi Open Source Teachers:
> 
> I am about to give the last lecture in my open source class and it needs 
> to cover licensing (types of licenses available, differences between 
> them and how to pick the license based on one's preferences but also 
> based on licenses of other tools that a project might use).
> 
> I am wondering if anybody have materials, readings, slides related to 
> this content that they would be willing to share.
> 
> So far I have the following:
> 
> - The Legal Side of Open Source  https://opensource.guide/legal/
> - Chose and Open Source License https://choosealicense.com/
> - Open Source Initiative: About Open Source Licenses 
> https://opensource.org/licenses
> and the foss2serve activities:
> - Choosing a License http://www.foss2serve.org/index.php/Choosing_A_License
> - Finding The License 
> http://www.foss2serve.org/index.php/Finding_The_License
> 

Hi! Perhaps this will help:

https://github.com/shlomif/Freenode-programming-channel-FAQ/blob/master/FAQ.mdwn#i-want-to-release-my-code---which-open-source-licence-should-i-use

(short url: https://is.gd/8mq9zr )

note the anchor.

Good luck.

> 
> So there is a lot to go on. But I hoping for more compact and 
> comprehensive notes that I can cover in a course of an hour or so.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Joanna
> 
> 



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