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open source != gpl (Score:0, Interesting)

by rnd() ( 118781 ) writes:

How "open" do you think the source needs to be in order to reap the benefits of the bazaar, i.e., which of the following is your favorite license(GPL, LGPL, Sun's Public License, etc.)?
Lastly, what will Sun's biggest challenges be in moving forward with Open Source Software in the future?
A list of licenses follows for reference...
The GNU General Public License (GPL) [slashdot.org]
The GNU Library or "Lesser" Public License (LGPL) [slashdot.org]
The BSD license [slashdot.org]
The MIT license [slashdot.org]
The Artistic license [slashdot.org]
The Mozilla Public License v. 1.0 (MPL) [slashdot.org]
The Qt Public License (QPL) [slashdot.org]
The IBM Public License [slashdot.org]
The MITRE Collaborative Virtual Workspace License (CVW License) [slashdot.org]
The Ricoh Source Code Public License [slashdot.org]
The Python license [slashdot.org] (CNRI Python License)
The Python Software Foundation License [slashdot.org]
The zlib/libpng license [slashdot.org]
The Apache Software License [slashdot.org]
The Vovida Software License v. 1.0 [slashdot.org]
The Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL) [slashdot.org]
The Intel Open Source License [slashdot.org]
The Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1) [slashdot.org]
The Jabber Open Source License [slashdot.org]
The Nokia Open Source License [slashdot.org]
The Sleepycat License [slashdot.org]
The Nethack General Public License [slashdot.org]
The Common Public License [slashdot.org]
The Apple Public Source License [slashdot.org]
The X.Net License [slashdot.org]
The Sun Public License [slashdot.org]
The Eiffel Forum License [slashdot.org]
The W3C License [slashdot.org]
The Motosoto License [slashdot.org]
The Open Group Test Suite License [slashdot.org]
- Re:open source != gpl (Score:2)
  
  by ishark ( 245915 ) writes:
  
  A list of licenses follows for reference...
  
  A list of Error 404 - file not found links....
  I'm still wondering if this is a simple error or a very funny joke about the endless number of licenses.... :)
  - Re:open source != gpl (Score:-1, Offtopic)
    
    by Anonymous Coward writes:
    
    I am hoping he was just lazy. Otherwise he doesn't quite crasp how href's work.
    - Re:open source != gpl (Score:2)
      
      by rnd() ( 118781 ) writes: on Thursday January 10, 2002 @01:45PM (#2817511) Homepage
      
      I was just lazy... go ahead and mod it down.
      
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