Re: expert advice on publishing software needed

"Karim R. Lakhani" <lakhani-DPNOqEs/[email protected]> Thu, 04 Nov 2004 09:31:14 -0500

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Carlo Daffara wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Jochen Gläser wrote:
> 
le of that).
> 
>> 2) Do I need to / can I put some Copyleft (or whatever) on it to keep it
>> free, or can it stay there 'forever free' without a license?
> 
> You have to explicitly describe the status of the code, and which 
> restrictions (if any) you want to add. For example, you may want to use 
> the GPL license, or a Creative Commons one, depending on the desired 
> target audience.
> best regards
>                       
You can also leave it in the public domain with no licenses what so ever - but if you care about credit then one of the numerous open source or cc licenses might make sense.

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