On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 10:41:50PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > If you want a public-domain-equivalent license, write something like this: > > (Some credit goes to Anthony DeRobertis. I've been trying to refine > this; it would be nice to have a 'standard' one. Ideally we'd get a > 'sounds good' from at least one common-law and at least one civil-law > lawyer.) > > -- > I hereby grant to everyone (any person whatsoever) a perpetual, > irrevocable, royalty-free license to modify, use, copy, distribute, > perform, and/or sell this work (modified or unmodified); and to exercise > any other rights (present or future) regarding this work which are > exclusive to me (or my successors or heirs) under law, to the fullest > extent possible under the law. > > It is my intent that this work be treated as if the work had entered the > public domain, or been ineligible for copyright. The license grant > above is designed to acheive this goal in as many jurisdictions as > possible. If it is possible, I dedicate this work to the public domain. > If it is possible, I relinquish my copyright in the work. > -- You need a no-warranty clause (and the most interesting thing to check with a lawyer is whether that clause will hold). -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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