I had a glance to the possible licences too. I completely agree with @Davide. In my opinion LGPL fits best in this case, it allows us to find the right balance. Alessio On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Massimiliano Max Sala < maxsalacodes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Im in favour of lgpl but this is a personal opinion, Im not speaking ex > cathedra > > Max > > Sent from my iPad > > On 03/mar/2013, at 10:16, Davide Kirchner <davide.kirchner@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > If those are the requirements, then Apache2 is the most appropriate, but > I find LGPL a good compromise between permissive and copyleft licences. > > > > Note that, according to Apache2 licence, we must provide a NOTICE file > in order to force attribuition of our work in derivative works. > > > > > > Davide > > > > > >> ________________________________ > >> Da: Lorenzo Nicolodi <lorenzo.nicolodi@xxxxxxxxx> > >> A: tdsoc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Inviato: Sabato 2 Marzo 2013 21:32 > >> Oggetto: [tdsoc] Re: license of our projects > >> > >> > >> thanks federico. > >> > >> so apache2 seems more appropriate.... any other thought from you guys? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Federico "fox" Scrinzi <fox91@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> > >> On sab, 2013-03-02 at 13:27 +0100, Lorenzo Nicolodi wrote: > >>> > >>>> the last step we need to accomplish is to decide which type of > >>>> opensource license our projects will use. we need something which > >>>> allows > >>>> everyone to use / modify our code for both free and commercial > >>>> open/closed source projects, if and only if they indicate us as the > >>>> source of the work. > >>> > >>> GPL and LGPL are not compliant with your requirements. If the software > >>> is modified and you use such licenses the third party must release the > >>> modifed version under the same license. > >>> So I think that the Apache license fits best (or BSD, MIT, ecc..). > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> f. > >>> > >>> "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache > >>> invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors." > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Lorenzo Nicolodi > > > > -- "We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.”