Googl or sourceforge
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:08 pm
Sooooo...I have a project which I started quite a while back...and haven't touched since although I use it for editing my own site...
I was considering selling it as a commercial script...but after receiving just over 1,400 unique hits in one month...I didn't even so much get a question in regards to price, etc...
So i've dropped the idea of selling it...and considered open source as a solution...in retrospect I'm actually kinda glad I didnt' sell it, as admittedly it's poorly designed for my personal standards...some design went into it, but mostly it's a hack.
To submit under open source, I think I'm going with LPGL...but one question I have:
Does this allow people to change the entire HTML layout/design? What about removing copyright notieces...I might as well load it with branding messages, copyrights, etc...so I potentially get some visitors to my site...right? What exactly are people allowed to legally remove when working on a LGPL project? They can't claim it to be their own...but they also shouldn't be able to remove visible copyrights, can they???
I need that question answered thouroughly as possible...as I don't want to find out later I was wrong and get <span style='color:blue' title='I'm naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> off, etc...
Secondly...I started a SF project a while back...but I've always hated SF...it's overly complicated when all you want to do is download something quickly and get on with it...
So I'm considering Google code repository...
1) Anyone find it to be better? I haven't looked at any projects yet so I can't say
2) Anyone have a GMail account they can share set me up with one so I can create a new project?
3) Does LGPL fall under the Google allowable licesnes B$?
4) Zend...the next iteration of the license...the Zend framework license...what's it going to be (basically explained - not exact as I know it's still in development) will it be compatible with LGPL? Does LGPL protect my HTML interface for my web application as much as it does the source code comment stubs - which no one but develoeprs see...
Should I consider using a Creative Commons license instead? Does SF or Google allow this license?
Edit: Is it worth submitting a hack project? At least for generating feedback for my second version which will be a re-write likely using Zend framework?
Edit2: I just looked at a project on Google...I much prefer it's layout, etc...easy to begin downloading, but you cannot host a custom web page it appears...whereas SF does allow you to tweak everything... (AKAPJ has a couple nice sites) thats a bonus...Plus Google does offer a web interface to SVN so you need to use a client program??? Thats a bummer...unless I"m mistaken? In anycase I think SF for now is the way to go...besides it's recently started to support SVN...so yea...SF it is
Cheers
I was considering selling it as a commercial script...but after receiving just over 1,400 unique hits in one month...I didn't even so much get a question in regards to price, etc...
So i've dropped the idea of selling it...and considered open source as a solution...in retrospect I'm actually kinda glad I didnt' sell it, as admittedly it's poorly designed for my personal standards...some design went into it, but mostly it's a hack.
To submit under open source, I think I'm going with LPGL...but one question I have:
Does this allow people to change the entire HTML layout/design? What about removing copyright notieces...I might as well load it with branding messages, copyrights, etc...so I potentially get some visitors to my site...right? What exactly are people allowed to legally remove when working on a LGPL project? They can't claim it to be their own...but they also shouldn't be able to remove visible copyrights, can they???
I need that question answered thouroughly as possible...as I don't want to find out later I was wrong and get <span style='color:blue' title='I'm naughty, are you naughty?'>smurf</span> off, etc...
Secondly...I started a SF project a while back...but I've always hated SF...it's overly complicated when all you want to do is download something quickly and get on with it...
So I'm considering Google code repository...
1) Anyone find it to be better? I haven't looked at any projects yet so I can't say
2) Anyone have a GMail account they can share set me up with one so I can create a new project?
3) Does LGPL fall under the Google allowable licesnes B$?
4) Zend...the next iteration of the license...the Zend framework license...what's it going to be (basically explained - not exact as I know it's still in development) will it be compatible with LGPL? Does LGPL protect my HTML interface for my web application as much as it does the source code comment stubs - which no one but develoeprs see...
Should I consider using a Creative Commons license instead? Does SF or Google allow this license?
Edit: Is it worth submitting a hack project? At least for generating feedback for my second version which will be a re-write likely using Zend framework?
Edit2: I just looked at a project on Google...I much prefer it's layout, etc...easy to begin downloading, but you cannot host a custom web page it appears...whereas SF does allow you to tweak everything... (AKAPJ has a couple nice sites) thats a bonus...Plus Google does offer a web interface to SVN so you need to use a client program??? Thats a bummer...unless I"m mistaken? In anycase I think SF for now is the way to go...besides it's recently started to support SVN...so yea...SF it is
Cheers