"Steinitz, Dominic J" <Dominic.J.Steinitz@BritishAirways.com> wrote, > Can someone explain what licenses are commonly avaible and > what they mean or point me at some references? Here is GNU's take of the license landscape: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html And that of the OSI (Open Source Initiative): http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.html Hope that helps, Manuel