Forum OpenACS Q&A: Please help me to understand more about open source licences

1: Please help me to understand more about open source licences

Posted by Oanh Pham on 03/03/02 08:11 PM

Hello everyone
I would be appreciated if someone could explain a little bit more about open source licences. I am lost, as there are too many open sources licensing exist nowadays.
I know, I need to read the RTFM for the licences, but it's a bit too much for me, considering English is my second language.
I would like to know more about the Mozzilla Public license, since I am planning to use one OS package that granted the user with that license's definition.
My question is what's the pros and cons if I am using it?
Thank you in advance,
phamo

2: Response to Please help me to understand more about open source licences (response to 1)

Posted by Roberto Mello on 03/03/02 11:12 PM

You'll have to be more specific in your questions. Can you tell more clearly what information you're looking for?

The Mozilla Public License is a free software license that gives certain extra privileges to the original entity releasing the code. It was created by Netscape when it released the Mozilla source code.

For you as a user it allows you to freely use the software, in both commercial and non-commercial settings. As per modification of code, you can do that, but I don't know all the particulars of that license.

There's good information at www.gnu.org and www.opensource.org.