On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 17:10:29 +0200 Mattias Andrée <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 16:47:40 +0200 > FRIGN <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 12:54:39 +0200 > > Mattias Andrée <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey Mattias, > > > > > I generally think licenses are easier to grok > > > if they are long. They omit less information. > > > But I have to agree that ISC is easier to > > > understand than MIT. For one thing, it does > > > not use any words that require a legal dictionary > > > and most of it can be understood by a 10-year > > > old that does not even have English as her > > > native language. It also does not use any > > > fuzzy words like “substantial”. ISC leaves all > > > cruft and fuzzyness to copyright law. > > > > yeah and that's the good point about it. It's clear > > what it implies without hiding it behind long > > paragraphs. > > > > > Now, if we could only get rid of the disclaimer, > > > but I suspect it is required in some > > > jurisdictions. > > > > It's required in all jurisdictions. I challenge you > > to find one where this isn't needed, afaik there > > is none. > > Commercial law is pretty clear in this case. If > > something blows your computer up, you could > > theoretically sue. So yeah, let's keep it. I wasn't really thinking about commercial law. I'm not selling the software. In non-commercial context, a disclaimer should not be necessary. A warning like “this software may contain faults (“bugs”) that may cause unintended behaviour” ought be enough in commercial context. > > Perhaps. I don't really know about the disclaimer > stuff, but I would imagine that either you must > state it, or it would be the default, and the latter > seem must more reasonable. And anyone could sue > in either case anyway, and it's up to the court to > decide. All this disclaimer stuff all seem like put > a disclaimer on an axe stating that the manufacture > is not responsible accidental dismemberment as a > result of clumsy use, no reasonable judge would think > they are anyway, why you not find such disclaimers > on axes. > > > > > Cheers > > > > FRIGN > > >
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