On 04/08/2013 07:16 PM, Mark Janssen wrote:
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:11 -0700, jhunter.dunefsky wrote:
Actually, my current licence can be found here:
https://github.com/jhunter-d/im.py/blob/master/LICENCE. Whaddaya think
about this, Useneters?
I think you're looking for a world of pain, when somebody uses your
software, it breaks something, and they sue you. Your licence currently
means that you are responsible for the performance of your software.
Steven, they can't sue you for something they didn't pay for, because
they never entered into an agreement, not did you.
That's a common misconception. No prior agreement is necessary to
institute a lawsuit, at least in the United States. I'm not a lawyer,
but I've been advised that the best you can hope for is to minimize the
likelihood that a lawsuit will be successful, not to somehow guarantee
that a lawsuit cannot be filed and prosecuted.
Besides, an open-ended license might be acted on anywhere in the world,
and who knows what some other jurisdictions might permit/require.
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