Does anyone recommend some documentations to know all the licences vs open source?
I'm thinking of launching one of our project in open source but don't want to end up in this kind or articles ^^
I'm thinking of launching one of our project in open source but don't want to end up in this kind or articles ^^
- Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing[1]
- Open Source Licensing[2]
And then Producing OSS[3] also contains a (very) brief section on choosing a license. It's worth reading though, for other reasons.
[1]: https://people.debian.org/~dktrkranz/legal/Understanding%20O...
Other licenses may be open source, but you'd probably have to get lawyers involved to make sure. So it's better to just pick a license which the OSI considers Open Source.
If you don't want to rely on just the OSI, you can also check what the Free Software Foundation, Debian and Red Hat think of the license you've picked.
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/intellectual-property-a...
It will help you understand the relevant parts of the law (copyright, patent, trademark) as well as helping to differentiate between various types of Open Source licenses.