Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > ;;; 2. Users of this software agree to make their best efforts (a) to return > > ;;; to the T Project at Yale any improvements or extensions that they > > make, > > ;;; so that these may be included in future releases; and (b) to inform > > ;;; the T Project of noteworthy uses of this software. > > Harmless. My best effort consists of waving a gerbil at my workstation > and hoping something along those lines happens. (If this were an > actual requirement, rather than a vague request, it would be a > problem. I strongly discourage people from writing noise like this > into licenses though - put it in the README where it belongs.)
Why do you think this is a "vague request" rather than an "actual requirement"? "Users ... agree" sounds like a requirement to me. The expression "best efforts" is a strong one. It means more than just "reasonable efforts". I don't think your gerbil waving would even count as a reasonable effort.
