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mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! (Announce)

posted by mbbrutman , Washington, USA, 22.10.2010, 20:40

> > And yes, this will be open source one day [...]
>
> What type of license do you have in mind for this?

I am open to suggestions.

I have not picked a specific license for it but I suspect it will be something GPL like. I did this as a hobby to support other hobbyists so I really don't want to see it as the underpinnings of a commercial product, no matter how unlikely that is. That makes a BSD style license less likely.

The problem with any open source license (or any license in general) is enforcement. I don't have the resources to do anything if somebody doesn't want to play fair. I guess that is a problem we all face.

Of a more practical concern is having a real source code repository and being able to keep up with changes that people might want to see. I'm fairly particular about my code so I'm worried about people becoming frustrated and just not sending me patches because I'm too slow or I scrutinize the code too much.

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Complete thread:

• mTCP 2010-09-16 Version - mbbrutman, 17.09.2010, 02:16
  • mTCP 2010-09-16 Version - 60-Bytes-BUG fixed - DOS386, 13.10.2010, 03:43
    • mTCP 2010-09-16 Version - 60-Bytes-BUG fixed - mbbrutman, 13.10.2010, 06:16
      • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 21.10.2010, 05:59
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - ecm, 21.10.2010, 06:06
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - Rugxulo, 21.10.2010, 08:21
          • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 21.10.2010, 15:23
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - ecm, 22.10.2010, 18:48
          • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 22.10.2010, 20:40
            • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - ecm, 22.10.2010, 21:59
              • License choice? - mbbrutman, 23.10.2010, 23:36
                • License choice? - Rugxulo, 24.10.2010, 00:55
                  • License choice? - mbbrutman, 24.10.2010, 16:19
                • License choice? | TEST | not DOG-BOX - DOS386, 24.10.2010, 04:05
                  • Problem reports - send me a TRACE! - mbbrutman, 24.10.2010, 16:15
                • License choice? - ecm, 28.10.2010, 23:02
                  • License choice? - mbbrutman, 29.10.2010, 01:33
                    • License choice? - ecm, 29.10.2010, 14:02
            • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - Rugxulo, 22.10.2010, 22:24
              • License choice? - mbbrutman, 23.10.2010, 23:42
        • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - Laaca, 29.10.2010, 07:51
          • mTCP 2010-10-20 Version - IP Fragments! - mbbrutman, 29.10.2010, 17:32
            • mTCP - TSR? - ecm, 29.10.2010, 23:31
              • mTCP - TSR? - mbbrutman, 29.10.2010, 23:50
                • mTCP - TSR? - ecm, 30.10.2010, 00:04