by vga_init (589198)
on Thursday April 19, @02:21PM (#18801777)
(http://rankandfile.homelinux.net/ | Last Journal: Friday January 23, @03:58PM)
There
are many software licenses to choose one, and everyone should have a
license that does exactly what they want it to do. You don't even have
to pick a preexisting one; write your own with the help of a lawyer (if
you need it).
However, it sounds to me that your intention is to share this
software with others. If you want to share it with just those
individuals you choose, use some different license and have them sign
an nondisclosure agreement or something (ps I am not a lawyer). If your
intention, however, is to share your software with the public at large
and have the community benefit as a whole, then please use the GPL.
The reason why the GPL is important for this purpose is that it makes your community software stay
in the community. Lots of commercial enterprises use the GPL for
reasons like this; they have valuable assets they want to give away (in
the from of source code), but they don't want their competitors using
it to screw them over--they want the world to benefit, and they
themselves might benefit from seeing improvements to their code. That's
the GPL.
If you use the GPL, not only will you be sharing your hard work with
others in a way that you deem appropriate, you are also encouraging
them to share their work with you. Whoever uses your project or
develops it will assume a mutually beneficial role with everyone else
who does the same, including you.
You know how they say...if you love something, set it free? You'd
want to take some steps to ensure that it at least STAYS free, right?
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