My Life as Open Source

The GNU FDL is a large and complex license with some innovative ideas in it, just as the GNU GPL was over a decade ago. It has taken some time for people to develop an understanding of it, which of course including myself.

I like some of the aims of the GNU FDL, such as trying to keep things readable with non-proprietary software, but I’d rather avoid the quagmire of how they’re implemented in the GNU FDL. My problem with it: it’s nearly incomprehensible, even if I found most of the terms acceptible but sometimes I don’t think I could be sure I was complying with the license. I also think the GNU FDL is somewhat suitable for documentation of software, which needs to be kept in synch with the software, but it’s not so obviously suitable for weblog. A Creative Commons licenses might be more suitable for a work of diary.

For anyone who cares, I’m releasing my online journal / diary / blog under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licenses now.

1. 2011:  Mobile softee(3)
2. 2010:  今夜，飛奔採晚星！(3)
3. 2010:  Post-it 馬里奧動畫(0)
4. 2009:  學校旅行(4)
5. 2008:  香港紀律部隊(0)
6. 2008:  R.I.P 小花(0)
7. 2007:  問你死未 - Tim Leung(0)
8. 2007:  What the World Eats(3)
9. 2002:  德國隊呀！(0)
10. 2002:  莫失莫忘(0)