From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 16:45:11 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FEED106566B for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:45:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk) Received: from avasout08.plus.net (avasout08.plus.net [212.159.14.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778A08FC0A for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:45:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from deb603.localnet ([213.120.11.230]) by avasout08 with smtp id 3Uhw1j0024xo6Xp01UhxHs; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:41:59 +0100 X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=I8Dntacg c=1 sm=1 a=PubQ5v7nJyINOFb4yZBeYQ==:17 a=tvFjYeeLK-cA:10 a=KdljGRtMWWsA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=7vtFykjVAAAA:8 a=SPTFi9yOYvzb5XPy5j8A:9 a=1XpJsq5MloP1xX6yRJQA:7 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=PubQ5v7nJyINOFb4yZBeYQ==:117 From: Frank Mitchell To: "Dag-Erling =?utf-8?q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=" Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:52:27 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.32-5-686; KDE/4.4.5; i686; ; ) References: <1SHqI5-0000qk-02@internal.tormail.net> <201204271645.18801.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> <86y5pgn8la.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <86y5pgn8la.fsf@ds4.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201204281652.28123.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wildebeest Licensing X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:45:11 -0000 Hi: Why not write your own Software License? Just avoid anything illegal. Before composing the Wildebeest Licence I read some legal stuff to ensure i= t=20 made sense. Remember, I live in England, where Copyright Law is different, = and=20 licenses formulated for the USA can be silly. Microsoft's Warranty Disclaim= ers=20 about Merchantability and Personal Injury are completely invalid here. And= =20 we're covered by European Union law, which doesn't recognise Software Paten= ts=20 as such. Originally I was motivated by Joerg Schilling's experience with "cdrecord".= =20 I'm sure the "No Warranty" clause attracts people who don't bother to test= =20 their ideas properly. "Spiegel" is my personal CD Writing project, so I aim= ed=20 to keep it simple and ensure it worked properly. I don't want anybody=20 circulating defective versions of a program which people may use to back up= =20 their data. On Friday 27 April 2012 22:55:13 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > Frank Mitchell writes: > > While there's a debate about licenses, below is my own Wildebeest > > License, >=20 > "The first rule of software licenses: don't write your own" >=20 > DES