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Subject: Re: Releasing source code

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 04:07:37 10/07/00

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On October 07, 2000 at 04:44:52, José Carlos wrote:

>  I'm thinking of releasing the source code of this version of Averno (0.31)
>which seems stable and debugged.
>  I'm afraid, though, of _incorrect_ use the source code, so I'd like to join
>the GLP, or something like that. Anyway, I'm only willing to release source >code of this version, I'll think what to do in next versions. Do this fit into >GLP?

You're probably referring to the GPL, the GNU Public License. It's a good
license, but I do recommend that you read it *very* carefully.

As the copyright holder, you can use whatever license you want for the
versions you release, so using the GPL will not affect what you can
do for future versions. You can even distribute the version you
published under GPL with a different license if you want to. But only
_you_ will be able to do this, the rest of the people have to use GPL
or nothing.

The GPL itself has detailed instructions on how to apply it to your
sources. For more info, refer to http://www.gnu.org

>Is anybody interested in my code? I don't really have time to write good
>comments, and maybe some of the comments that are in the code are kind of >stupid (probably :)).
>Well, I'd like to here opinions about this, that can help me make my
>decision.

Having code, even if it is lousy, is better than not having anything
at all ;)

--
GCP



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