I think he meant - prevent him from using their modified, re-released version. The BSD license has a similar "problem."
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:59 AM, hiro <23h...@googlemail.com> wrote: > How exactly would they prevent you from using it?! > > On 2/26/10, James PIC <james...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 6:39 PM, anonymous <aim0s...@lavabit.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 11:46:36AM -0500, Ray Kohler wrote: > >>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:37 AM, anonymous <aim0s...@lavabit.com> > wrote: > >>> > On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 02:04:37PM +0100, hiro wrote: > >>> >> licenses are stupid > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > I agree. What should be done to place it into the public domain? > >>> > Will adding of "/* Public Domain */" into every source file be > enough? > >>> > >>> Some parts of the world (I think DE is one of them) don't recognize > >>> the phrase "public domain" to mean anything in particular, so you have > >>> to write what you mean it to say. Something like "This software is in > >>> the public domain. That means that you can ..." > >>> > >> Here is a comment from SQLite 3 source code: > >> ** The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of > >> ** a legal notice, here is a blessing: > >> ** > >> ** May you do good and not evil. > >> ** May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others. > >> ** May you share freely, never taking more than you give. > >> > >> expr.c from OpenBSD uses just > >> /* Public Domain */ > >> > >> pdksh has file LEGAL with this: > >> " > >> pdksh is provided AS IS, with NO WARRANTY, either expressed or implied. > >> > >> The vast majority of the code that makes pdksh is in the public domain. > >> " > >> > >> Here is what I have just found also: http://unlicense.org/. Probably > >> this is a good instruction for placing software into the public domain. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > Our lawyer convinced me to stop releasing under WTFPL, because it > > doesn't prevent some evil bastard to re license my sources and prevent > > me from even using it. > > > > But that's the real world where people actually do care about licenses :) > > > > -- > > http://jamespic.com/contact > > Customer is king - Le client est roi - El cliente es rei. > > > > > >
