Preferred copyrights(lefts) and licenses

When you write code, be it personal, small, large, distributed, etc what license or copyright/left do you prefer? Or usually go with?


For me it depends. I usually end up using the GNU: GPL copyleft.

However, it depends. Sometimes I end up using the 3-clause BSD license, which has the endorsement clause.



I know software posted on sites like this will usually get stolen anyways, regardless of clauses/copyrights(lefts)/licenses. But it's still good practice to include it with your code.
I always include a license statement with code I write for work, especially if I think it will be used or distributed. I don't think the government likes the 3clause BSD license, though.

Depends. Do you have any work to showcase? GitHub? Threads like this are kind of pointless without any context.

I don't need to post software in a discussion about copyrights/lefts.
No, I don't have work on GitHub, everything I end up making at work gets used for specific tasks needed for people above me. Besides, everything else got stolen with my old laptop. I lost all my configs, source, backups, everything. If I had that I would gladly share.

bmlkiddo wrote:

I don't need to post software in a discussion about copyrights/lefts.
No, I don't have work on GitHub, everything I end up making at work gets used for specific tasks needed for people above me. Besides, everything else got stolen with my old laptop. I lost all my configs, source, backups, everything. If I had that I would gladly share.

That's what licensing is about. Software. Why would there be a discussion about software licensing/copyright if there isn't actually any backdrop to explain in detail why you're going with what kind of licensing.

The preference of the license is completely contingent on what kind of project you made. Different projects different licenses.

I haven't written anything in forever. But my latest small script is licensed on my GitHub account.

https://github.com/Protozoid/rainbow

Oh, I see what you're saying. generally if I'm making something between me and friends, like the MD5 cracker I'm writting in Bash, I put it under the MIT license because it's made it learn, and the code should be completely permissive. in a mindset that people should be able to use it as they wish.

However, if I am making something anyone in the government will use I use the 4-clause BSD license so they are required to keep the origin of the source and my name within the source. They can't just steal it and take my name off credit. They can, do whatever they wish to it though, as long as the clause and my name is kept inside.

Anything else I really just throw a GPL license on it.

My main thing is the government thing though. I dunno, I just feel weird about submitting code to people in the Army. Especially if they are putting it on one of their websites for people to use.

I just throw most of my stuff up on Github, I don't really care what people do with it, because most of the time its just bots/small scripts/stuff like that.

Did you know Git was created by Linus torvalds

I think everyone who uses GitHub and has studied its culture even mildly in-depth knows Linus Torvalds created Git.

The Unintelligible wrote:

I think everyone who uses GitHub and has studied its culture even mildly in-depth knows Linus Torvalds created Git.

I still posted my fun fact of the day, your post doesn't change that.

The Unintelligible wrote:

I think everyone who uses GitHub and has studied its culture even mildly in-depth knows Linus Torvalds created Git.

Did you know Git rhymes with tit.

Also my use of license depends, but for most crap it'll be GPL.

Linus Torvalds, whattaguy. Kinda.

He'd be one of those people that would rather re-compile Arch every single day than run Debian.

Flareboy323 wrote:

Linus Torvalds, whattaguy. Kinda.

He'd be one of those people that would rather re-compile Arch every single day than run Debian.

You do know he works with the kernel ever since he created it, only because he enjoys it right? Well, he's only coded like 2% of the total kernel, but he has say in everything. But other than the kernel work he doesn't care much about working on it. And he used OpenSuSe on his MacBook Air for years until they started using Gnome3, which he deemed as shit. Because "If you assume only idiots use your software, then only idiots will use it" and stuff about how they've become so obsessed with being user friendly they've made it more complicated and drifted away from their goal of simplicity. which he then told everyone to just use KDE.

He's also said he doesn't care for light weight systems and build your own systems like Arch. He just wants usability for himself and ease of use. He may be egotistical and elitist, but he isn't similar to a lot of the elitist linux community. In fact, he even stays politically absent from discussion on "Free Software"


And if you're trying to make references to compiling a kernel think Gentoo, not Arch. Arch users aren't that hardcore. I use Gentoo for the most part, but the only computer I have is a 1.4 GhZ dual-core laptop with 1 GB of RAM. I don't have time for 4-6 day compile times. (Not to mention 2 day download times with our bandwidth here)


Not going against you just saying :p
More fun facts!

bmlkiddo wrote:

I still posted my fun fact of the day, your post doesn't change that.

More power to you.

And to anyone who gained knowledge they didn't know prior.

aka only Flareboy323

Regardless of who, which of whom you cannot speak for, my post is still posted.