I noticed, that in just about all emacs programs on the web (elisp code), it comes with this template text as its preamble:
;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or ;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as ;; published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at ;; your option) any later version. ;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but ;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU ;; General Public License for more details. ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;; along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to ;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. Concerned parties and the FSF foundation, please remove the middle section of this template. That section is mainly for lawyers, for programers to protect themselves in the context of modern society's law system. Legally speaking, that section is redundant because it is in the GNU General Public License itself. The effect of that section in a license summary is fueling the habit and sanction of irresponsible programing we see all around us. In place of that section, i'd propose replacing it with the following gist: «This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful. The author(s) has responsibly produced it, and will take reasonable responsibilities with regards to the program's intended purpose and workability. For legal aspects of WARRANTY, please see the GNU General Public License for more details.» Regarding these issues, please read: Responsible Software Licensing http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/responsible_license.html Responsible Software Licensing & the Free Software Foundation http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/responsible_license_FSF.html Xah [EMAIL PROTECTED] ∑ http://xahlee.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
