Re: [License-discuss] Does this look like an open source license?

2015-01-23 Thread Cinly Ooi
In this case it is probably better to get a lawyer to look at the final text if you can. Attempting to write a legalistic sounding license will probably be counterproductive compared to a layman license. Best Regards, Cinly * I do not read footer and will not be bounded by them. If they are

Re: [License-discuss] Does this look like an open source license?

2015-01-23 Thread Ben Cotton
I'd be really interested to learn more about the incident in question. Knowing what made the BSD 3-Clause insufficient might help improve the language. Constraining the license text to only include the words in the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary sounds like a fun challenge. I'll see what

Re: [License-discuss] Does this look like an open source license?

2015-01-23 Thread David Woolley
On 23/01/15 01:09, ChanMaxthon wrote: I was once using straight 3c-BSDL but one incident (I am not from an Anglophone country) proved to me that it's language is too complex in local courts. Now I am sort of forced into creating a functional equivalent using only simple English (definition: