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Old October 21st, 2007, 06:36 PM
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Licensing for programs

Hello.

Any links to a license I could distribute my software under?

General ideas to be covered (in order of importance):

1. no warranties (so I don't get sue'd)
2. no tampering with the software (reverse-engineering)
3. no taking what's mine and claiming it as their own
4. limited commercial use
5. credits given where credits are due

What do you guys use? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Creative Commons[/url]
I think Creative Commons is not applicable for licensing 'software'.(wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Can_I_use_a_Creative_Commons_license_for_software.3F)
You will need to use some other license such mentioned there.

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