Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Starting a Project
On 05/31/2013 07:26 PM, Benjamin Adams wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I'm looking to start a project on my own. I would like to grow it to a
stable state and a clear direction. Once it's built I would like to
integrate it into Fedora.
Question is what License would work best for the project to integrate
with Redhat's Open source model?
Not sure if this really matters but I know Fedora doesn't include some
software because of licensing issues.
aka: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items?rd=ForbiddenItems
I'm guessing I can pick any of these:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main?rd=Licensing
As long as it's FSF = yes
The only advice I can give (not legal advice, please note):
* Use a free software license (and do not write your own).
* Do not implement things which are known to be patented (unless you
have an unrestricted patent grant in writing from the patent holder)
* Do not implement things which circumvent a copyright protection scheme.
* Do not depend on other components which do one of the above. :)
hth,
~tom
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