Which License Should I Use?

[Rocco Moretti]

mojosam wrote:
> I've been watching the flame war about licenses with some interest.
> There are many motivations for those who participate in this sector, so
> disagreements over licenses reflect those agendas.

One point that frequently gets ignored in licensing debates:

The value of a license is directly proportional to the amount of time, 
effort, and money you are willing to spend enforcing it.

It doesn't matter how fancy the legal wording is - it is up to you, as 
the copyright holder, to bring legal action against infringers (or at 
least send a cease-and-desist letter). If you're not going to bother, 
any and all clauses in the license, no matter how artfully crafted, 
won't do you any (legal) good. People using your program are left acting 
on the honor system. Which may be just fine - but you don't need a 
fancy, legalistic license to accomplish that.