Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:39:47 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BSD License "Innocence" Clause Proposal Message-ID: <C0438E33.ADE6%ceri@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420603191416w7f3bd56ehf02a40a43693eb0e@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19/3/06 22:16, "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure if I should start advocating the idea here.
> Some people must've had this thought before I ever
> did, I hope they will support me.
>
> We need a special clause in the license we release
> our work under. I'm not a lawyer, but I understand that
> it will be very hard to devise and formulate. Basically,
> it should state that under no circumstances and under
> no legislation should ever any entity be punished for
> breaking the license terms.
>
> I just can't sleep tight when a man can get sued and
> prosecuted because he copied a piece of my work
> without mentioning my name, whatever his motives
> are. At the same time, I respect my work and the work
> of other, and appreciate a way to state that names
> should be mentioned.
Well, just don't prosecute.
Ceri
--
That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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