[OT] open-source license issues

[Nick Sabalausky]

"spir" <denis.spir at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On 04/12/2011 01:47 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>
>> I've always found it best to just avoid any (L)GPL source or library
>> outright. Not worth the trouble.
>
> What about other ones, like Creative Commons licenses?
>

I don't trust any legal document that actually has any need for a separate 
"plain English" version. The one thing that will change my mind on that is 
if I hear from a reliable source that "plain English" versions can be 
legally binding and take precedence over the legalese version when there's a 
discrepancy.

I am a big fan of zlib/libpng though. And I like MIT/new-BSD, too. Not 
exactly thrilled about Boost, but I am ok with it. It's far more 
understandable than (L)GPL, at least.