PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoFree/open-source developers: what license(s) do you use, and why?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down12
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareFree/open-source developers: what license(s) do you use, and why?PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squaresaigot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNo license at all means that no one can use it. Even if you aren’t enforcing it the person who wants to use it doesn’t know that.
minus-squaremoreeni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI mean, that’s not stopping people from copypasting or something, and, as I said, I’m not going to try to enforce it so I just don’t bother
minus-squareJohnny@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt definitely stops anyone who is at least a little bit serious about what they’re doing.
minus-squarenutomic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not so bad if companies don’t use your project. Normal people won’t care.
minus-squaresaigot@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt is if they want to do something academic or commercial with it.
No license at all means that no one can use it. Even if you aren’t enforcing it the person who wants to use it doesn’t know that.
I mean, that’s not stopping people from copypasting or something, and, as I said, I’m not going to try to enforce it so I just don’t bother
It definitely stops anyone who is at least a little bit serious about what they’re doing.
It’s not so bad if companies don’t use your project. Normal people won’t care.
It is if they want to do something academic or commercial with it.