Hi: Why not write your own Software License? Just avoid anything illegal. Before composing the Wildebeest Licence I read some legal stuff to ensure it made sense. Remember, I live in England, where Copyright Law is different, and licenses formulated for the USA can be silly. Microsoft's Warranty Disclaimers about Merchantability and Personal Injury are completely invalid here. And we're covered by European Union law, which doesn't recognise Software Patents as such.
Originally I was motivated by Joerg Schilling's experience with "cdrecord". I'm sure the "No Warranty" clause attracts people who don't bother to test their ideas properly. "Spiegel" is my personal CD Writing project, so I aimed to keep it simple and ensure it worked properly. I don't want anybody circulating defective versions of a program which people may use to back up their data. On Friday 27 April 2012 22:55:13 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Frank Mitchell <mitch...@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> writes: > > While there's a debate about licenses, below is my own Wildebeest > > License, > > "The first rule of software licenses: don't write your own" > > DES _______________________________________________ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
