Re: "Use as you wish" license

2016-07-04 Thread Ben Finney
Roberto writes: > Is "Use as you wish" an acceptable license? There are widely divergent interpretations of “use” in copyright licenses. Some will interpret it to mean practically any action at all; some will restrict it to mean only private use within a code base, but not redistribution or modi

Re: "Use as you wish" license

2016-07-04 Thread Ian Jackson
Roberto writes (""Use as you wish" license"): > I've encountered two simple notices, I wonder if they are acceptable for > DFSG under your opinion. > > Is "Use as you wish" an acceptable license? I would argue that modifying and redistributing are uses, and therefore included in `use'. To me tha

"Use as you wish" license

2016-07-04 Thread Roberto
I've encountered two simple notices, I wonder if they are acceptable for DFSG under your opinion. Is "Use as you wish" an acceptable license? And, a web page that says some of its content "may be downloaded and used for any projects, without restrictions". There is no explicit mention of redistr