From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-65-14.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:2548:b0:6b6:113d:34fd with SMTP id s8-20020a05620a254800b006b6113d34fdmr7896976qko.132.1658738139146; Mon, 25 Jul 2022 01:35:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a81:74c2:0:b0:31e:7916:a556 with SMTP id p185-20020a8174c2000000b0031e7916a556mr8643346ywc.28.1658738138876; Mon, 25 Jul 2022 01:35:38 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!border-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 01:35:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <62d88fa8$0$18729$426a34cc@news.free.fr> Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=92.145.218.91; posting-account=L3mulQoAAADsXVjCD5rM6Ap3Xy0U3ckB NNTP-Posting-Host: 92.145.218.91 References: <62d88fa8$0$18729$426a34cc@news.free.fr> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <98f62ae7-d908-4376-ab85-eb2f5787a4d5n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: License for small Ada.* complements From: Fabien Chouteau Injection-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:35:39 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:64137 List-Id: On Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 1:28:43 AM UTC+2, Thomas wrote: > i would like your opinion please, about which license i should use for a Licenses are nothing more than tools. It really depends on the goals you want to achieve with this project. When I publish a library it's usually because I want it to be useful for as many people as possible. So in my opinion, for libraries, stay away from any GPL variant as they are a red-flags in many contexts and for many people. I think Apache 2.0 or MIT are best options.