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Open Source license that requires giving credit in user's web site

Asked 2009-02-05T09:49:53.117
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I have this small code library that I'm considering releasing into Open Source. I want to release it under something similar to MIT License, i.e. no significant restrictions, however I would like to require that if you use my library on your servers, you have to give me credit on your website.

Basically, I want a license which is to MIT License as AGPL is to GPL.

Does something like this exist, or do I have to write my own?

Or is this just a Really Bad Idea?

EDIT: I guess I should have left out the "write my own" part. I'm not a lawyer, and I don't want to pay one. I just thought it would be nice to be able to tell if someone's using my lib with a simple Google search.

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Maybe Creative Commons Attribution licence?

This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, in terms of what others can do with your works licensed under Attribution.

http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

answered 2009-02-05T09:55:14.853

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