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I am a reading about software licenses. Do you guys know any resource/site that contains a comparison (Not individual descriptions) of Software licenses?

+3  A: 

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html seems to be quite a nice list of options.

overslacked
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KDE has a nice simple mini breakdown.

(Go BSD if your trying to choose for a project!)

Brian Gianforcaro
Don't hate the BSD license. :)
Brian Gianforcaro
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O'Reilly has a book called Open Source & Free Software Licensing that covers the open source licenses in detail.

jcopenha
A: 
  • There is a dynamic comparison tool here, albeit somewhat outdated.
  • Here is a good comparison chart on the KDE website.
  • Here is a guide on choosing an Open Source license, with a comparison chart at the bottom.
Wayne Koorts
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A comparison between the GPL and a Microsoft license can be found here Probably not what you're looking for, but interesting nonetheless.

Mak Kolybabi

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