Comment Idea - Licensing algebra (Score 2) 196
Bright idea just came to me. What if mathematicians create the Algebra of Licensing - formal science for calculating license compatibility. The licenses will have much more compact formulations. And it will be possible to use OBJECTIVE means to figure out if software is composed legally and what is the resulting license or, on the contrary, is illegal and uses bad license mix. There could be programs which will facilitate analizing licenses and will give automatic answers. Nobody discusses 2+3=5 today. Probably licensing laws will win if they will use some algebra, eh?
Anybody missing interesting diploma project?
SOme kind of Licode (~ geekcode of licensing) is needed, sure! And Freeware community could set this standard.
Maybe this way people will look at the licenses
and understand them at one glance, like E = mc^2
Thanks for your attention! Roman