Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:52:27 +0100 From: Frank Mitchell <mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> To: "Dag-Erling =?utf-8?q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=" <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wildebeest Licensing Message-ID: <201204281652.28123.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <86y5pgn8la.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <1SHqI5-0000qk-02@internal.tormail.net> <201204271645.18801.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> <86y5pgn8la.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Hi: Why not write your own Software License? Just avoid anything illegal. Before composing the Wildebeest Licence I read some legal stuff to ensure i= t=20 made sense. Remember, I live in England, where Copyright Law is different, = and=20 licenses formulated for the USA can be silly. Microsoft's Warranty Disclaim= ers=20 about Merchantability and Personal Injury are completely invalid here. And= =20 we're covered by European Union law, which doesn't recognise Software Paten= ts=20 as such. Originally I was motivated by Joerg Schilling's experience with "cdrecord".= =20 I'm sure the "No Warranty" clause attracts people who don't bother to test= =20 their ideas properly. "Spiegel" is my personal CD Writing project, so I aim= ed=20 to keep it simple and ensure it worked properly. I don't want anybody=20 circulating defective versions of a program which people may use to back up= =20 their data. On Friday 27 April 2012 22:55:13 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > Frank Mitchell <mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> writes: > > While there's a debate about licenses, below is my own Wildebeest > > License, >=20 > "The first rule of software licenses: don't write your own" >=20 > DES
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