Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:28:59 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Frank Mitchell <mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wildebeest Licensing Message-ID: <86pqapmxmc.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <201204281652.28123.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> (Frank Mitchell's message of "Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:52:27 %2B0100") References: <1SHqI5-0000qk-02@internal.tormail.net> <201204271645.18801.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> <86y5pgn8la.fsf@ds4.des.no> <201204281652.28123.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk>
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Frank Mitchell <mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> writes: > Hi: Why not write your own Software License? Just avoid anything > illegal. Because 1) Unless you are an IP lawyer yourself, you are very likely to end up with something that is either ambiguous, full of loopholes, or unenforceable. 2) It makes life harder for your users, because they have to read and understand yet another license, instead of just accepting one they already know. > Before composing the Wildebeest Licence I read some legal stuff to ensure= it=20 > made sense. Yeah, and I read some medical stuff before performing an appendectomy on my sister, so I'm sure she'll be all right. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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