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Comment on Ask HN: Can someone explain the common open source licenses?

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It would take quite a bit of writing to do all of that. And there are some significant subtleties in terms of the differences between seemingly similar licenses.

What I'd recommend, is that you read the book Open Source Licensing[1] and / or the book Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing[2]. Both are freely available online.

[1]: http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm

[2]: http://oreilly.com/openbook/osfreesoft/book/index.html

Great answer, thanks.

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