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Developer's Corner / Re: SWF 2 EXE "open source" release help, please
« on: June 01, 2011, 03:45 AM »
Don't know if this helps any or not, but if I have unrestricted access to the code and unrestricted use of the code, then it is open source. Even if there are restrictions on distribution and licensing of it (e.g. can't host it on your own site, can't change it to remove code credit, etc.). In fact, that occurs in a lot of open source to one extent or another. The key, to my understanding of it, is not if it is open source or not, but rather what type of licensing you attach to it. There are tons of them, including the "do what you want with it" license I have seen more than once around this site. Your best bet to ensure it occurs the way you want is to write your own license for it. That and understand that it will get co-opted and used against the license no matter what you do or say about it, if the source is released at all. A "hope for the best and cover your bases, but expect the worst" attitude will go a long way with that. Oh, and it doesn't hurt to aggressively enforce the license if/when you find an infringement (e.g. email them to comply).