well then that must be a wise lawyer cause he's as right as he could get...
On 2/26/10, Niki Yoshiuchi <aplu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. >> > >> > >> >> >
