[cc-community] by-nd for software

Asheesh Laroia asheesh at asheesh.org
Sun Oct 21 04:10:04 EDT 2007


On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, NikNot wrote:

> I am creating a "free software library" that I'd like to distribute
> under the following conditions:
>
> 1) anybody can re-distribute the source code in unmodified form.
>
> 2) the library could be used, attributed, compiled and included in
> executable programs in any other work, in both commercial and
> non-commercial projects.
>
> 3) when included in binary/executable form, either the source must be 
> included in the same package as the executable(s), or the documentation 
> must state where on the web the source can be obtained from.

Have you looked at the GNU LGPL?  It seems to be a good fit for you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License

It has the advantage of being designed for software, unlike the CC license 
suite.

-- Asheesh.

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