On Sun, 26 Feb 2017 18:09:15 -0500
Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 09:45:26PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:31:08 -0500, Steve wrote in message
> > <20170225203108.2838a110@???>:
> >
> > > On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:34:50 -0500
> > > Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
> > >
> > > > And speaking of bookmarks, each browser seems to jealously hang
> > > > on to its bookmarks, unless perhaps another browser manages to
> > > > sneak in like a thief and import them. Is this the way
> > > > browsers cement their grip on users? Isn't there any way of
> > > > setting up bookmarks so that multiple browsers and other tools
> > > > can use them?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > Using a very simple tab-indented outline that I maintain with
> > > VimOutliner adorned Vim, plus a conversion app, I have hundreds of
> > > bookmarks, organized just the way I want them. If I want to
> > > change the organization, I do some cutting and pasting on my
> > > outline and recompile. Every browser I use has a link called
> > > "littlinks", and clicking it brings up my link hierarchy. In the
> > > past I've even tweaked my desktop's Apache so any computer within
> > > the house could pull up my links page at
> > > http://192.168.100.2/littlinks. On any browser, including elinks.
> > >
> > > I did this for the exact reason you state: To keep my bookmarks
> > > from being held hostage by particular software.
> > >
> > > If a lot of you want this, I'll slap a free software license on
> > > it and release it.
> >
> > ..make it GPLv2, v3 is too kind on violators. ;o)
>
> How is v3 kinder on violators? As far as I know, it has a lot of
> restrictions to forbid various kinds of abuse.
>
> And to reach maximum availability for various forms of reuse, please
> if you want to use GPL2 or 3, use GPL2+.
>
> I'd be happy with a freeer license, too. There. a word with three
> consecutive e's!

I use copyleft licenses when:

1) The work is a substantial coding effort

And,

2) I see very little reason for someone to use parts of my code in
proprietary programs.

In theory I'd use lgpl in cases of #2, but lgpl, if I remember
correctly, forces the person incorporating the code into either
revealing his source code or submitting very reverse-engineerable
object code (I don't remember which).

For little projects I just use the Expat license, which practically the
same as one of the BSD licenses and one of the MIT licenses, except
there's only one Expat license so there's no ambiguity.

For copyleft stuff I usually use GPLv2 because I understand it, but for
my recent UMENU2 I used GPLv3 because it addresses software patents. I
*NEVER* include the words "or later", because I have no idea what kind
of animals might take over the FSF in later times.

I never use licenses with mentions of indemnification. I'm not an
insurace company.


SteveT

Steve Litt
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