From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 22 19:30:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01C1010F06 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:30:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA16676; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:30:11 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd016642; Mon Feb 22 20:29:57 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA15850; Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:29:56 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199902230329.UAA15850@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: reviewers for a free software license To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 03:29:56 +0000 (GMT) Cc: licia@o-o.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <61961.919737106@zippy.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Feb 22, 99 06:31:46 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > My definition of a simple text file which conveyed the "basic ideas" > of the BSDL would be: > > The Universal Simple License > ---------------------------- > The following materials are copyright (C) Joe Blow, 1999 and may be > used, modified and redistributed in any form for any purpose provided > that the following provisions are strictly adhered to: > > Do not remove or modify the text of this license agreement > or attempt to assert authorship for unmodified portions of > the code. The author is giving you the code, grant them at > least due credit for it in return. > > The author assumes no liability whatsoever for this code. You > break it, you fix it, and what you see here you use entirely at > your own risk. If this is just a text file (a "preamble" for the UCB License), then fine. If this is intended as a license itself, then I have a real problem with the "hold harmless" clause, since it could be assuming the code is working in the first place. The author assumes no liability whatsoever for this code. If you use this code, it is entirely at your own risk. In any case, any new license should be run past a real lawyer, one with a firm footing in contract law. You could still restrict them to English, though. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message