[syslog-ng] patterndb license?

[Daniel Maher]

On 10/01/2010 03:21 PM, Balazs Scheidler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering what kind of license should be applied to patterndb
> patterns. GPL doesn't really apply as it is not software.
>
> I was thinking about Creating Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license,
> which:
>
>    * allows redistributions of the work with proper attribution
>    * allows changes as long as the changes are available under the same
> license
>    * allows commercial usage (e.g. free even for commercial entities)
>
> Adding the "nc" e.g. non-commercial flag was considered and then
> dropped. We feel that most people trying to use patterndb would
> definitely use it in a commercial setting and we wouldn't like to limit
> our users to academia a private use.
>
> What do you think?

For those interested :
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Personally i'm in favour of this license for patterndb patterns, and i'd 
have to agree that the "nc" component is absolutely out of the question.


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Daniel Maher <dma PLUS syslogng AT witbe DOT net>