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lopspower / CircularImageView

Create circular ImageView in Android in the simplest way possible
Apache License 2.0
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Relicense the project under MIT? #9

Closed rschiang closed 9 years ago

rschiang commented 10 years ago

Hi Lopez,

Stumbled upon your project and noticed it is using Creative Commons as project license. CC license is not created specifically for computer programs, and thus does not offer much protection. It would be better if you release your project in MIT or GPL, which eliminates you from those legal disputes.

Here's a StackOverflow question regarding CC license, and GitHub also offer a website to help you choose a license.

Hope this helps!

Philio commented 10 years ago

More specifically, CC advise that you don't use their license for software:

https://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#Can_I_use_a_Creative_Commons_license_for_software.3F

Would have used this project but the license prevents me from doing so.

lopspower commented 9 years ago

Thank you for you help. Does the current license is good?

rschiang commented 9 years ago

MIT is cool enough! May the project live long and prosper :D

Philio commented 9 years ago

You might want to also consider the Apache license (it's probably the most popular option for Android projects), particularly as the Android source code uses the Apache license (hence, if you use anything from Android in your project you don't have to worry about managing multiple licenses).

lopspower commented 9 years ago

Thank Philio, I changed it to Apache Licence 2.0