fuck it, i'm just going to use the BSD license. either that, or i face a long re-write of this damned thing (and i'd rather be coding...)
thank you all for your feedback, i've learned an important lesson here. --- Cory Petkovsek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 12:20:17PM -0700, justin bengtson wrote: > > tell that to RMS and the FSF crowd. i'm not going to get into this debate > > because it's pointless. my beliefs and yours are different. need i remind > you > > how many religions exist, much less how many different _licenses_ exist? > > > > besides, i recall saying something about "if the software was truely free, > it > > would be in the public domain"... > My point was that you should not put your philosophy (like, I believe.. > I don't believe...) in the license. The license will be an example of > your philosophy, but your philosophy itself does not belong in the > document. Whether or not I tell the RMS/FSF crowd doesn't matter for > your license. > > > > > Note that you are forcing the user to have alternative licensed data. > > > Perhaps they consider the graphics for their program as IP and want > > > only to receive credit for it, but would otherwise want it > > > redistributable. > > > > i am considering contracting graphics/data work to other friends of mine, > and > > they may have different ideas about IP than i do. hence, the statement. > So is this just a license for yourself, or are you making a license that > others might use? If it is just for yourself, why have so much > legalese? > > > > They may > > > also use it regardless of a loophole, just to see if the copyright > > > holder has enough financial resources to sue. > > > > in that case, what's the point of the GPL? > As to others using the breaking the license to see if someone will sue, > that can be done with any license. The abuser hopes that the holder > doesn't have enough resources. In the case of the linux, there are > enough users and vendors to make a big stink and do something about it > (hopefully). In the case of some "cory's program" released under the > gpl. Well, who knows? > > Cory > > -- > Cory Petkovsek Adapting Information > Adaptable IT Consulting Technology to your > (541) 914-8417 business > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.AdaptableIT.com > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug ===== Justin Bengtson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) E-mail, or any form of writing, is not true communication, and can only result in the misinterpretation of meanings. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
