From ada5a49769cae96e8c404cafbe2f13e611df135e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Linksvayer Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:39:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] focus additional resources on choosing an open license, not lists of licenses Fixes #490 which was concerned that the additional resources list did not include all like items, I understand driven by concern that the SPDX license list includes non-open licenses. So does the FSF license list -- worse, it even recommends some. This fix focuses the list on resources about choosing an open license, not resources listing a bunch of licenses. Fortunately both OSI and FSF have pages directly addressing choosing a license. I've removed the SPDX and English Wikipedia lists. --- about.md | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/about.md b/about.md index cd5914c..a99a430 100644 --- a/about.md +++ b/about.md @@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ See our [appendix](/appendix) for a table of all of the licenses cataloged in th {: .bullets} -* Open Source Initiative's [list of licenses](https://opensource.org/licenses/) approved as conforming to the [Open Source Definition](https://opensource.org/osd) -* Free Software Foundation's [comments on various licenses](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html) and [advice on how to choose a license](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html) -* Linux Foundation's [SPDX License List](https://spdx.org/licenses/) -* [Comparison of free and open-source software licenses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_and_open-source_software_licenses) on English Wikipedia +* Open Source Initiative's FAQ on [Which Open Source license should I choose to release my software under?](https://opensource.org/faq#which-license) +* Free Software Foundation's [advice on how to choose a license](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html) * [License differentiator](http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/apps/licdiff/) ([source](https://github.com/ox-it/licdiff)) from [OSS Watch](http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/) * [Free/Libre/Open Source license selection wizard](http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan/floss/) by John Cowan * [The Legal Side of Open Source](https://opensource.guide/legal/), an Open Source Guide covering licensing and related issues