On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 13:05:37 -0400, George Georgalis <george@galis.org> =
wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 06:44:02PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 12:22:07PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote:
>>> > A three clause license runs a whole 25 lines. If that's too much,=
>>> > consider a derivative of the ISC license which runs all of 13 line=
s.
>>>
>>> for short code which doesn't have much in the way of intellectual =
>>> property
>>> you care about, "the author of this code, ted unangst, places it in =
the
>>> public domain." is extra short.
>>
>> Or PHK's favourite, The Beer-ware license:
>> "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
>> <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice=
=
>> you
>> can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and yo=
u =
>> think
>> this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. Poul-Henni=
ng =
>> Kamp
>>
>> from libc/stdlib/malloc.c
>
> That is a good one. ;-) I have yet to understand the "AS IS" AND THE
> AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES... stuff. I mean, sure it's copyrighte=
d
> but how could suitability or quality be construed from that?
It doesn't have to be construed. US law provides that you make the =
warranty automatically unless you explicitly disclaim it (and even then =
=
the disclaimer may not be effective in all situations).
Jud