On 9/7/06, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
Andrew Donnellan <ajdlinux@gmail.com> > On 9/6/06, Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de> wrote: > > 3. The name of the authors may be used to endorse or promote products > > derived from this software without specific prior written permission. > > Is that a copying error or just a really stupid license? I would > insert the word 'not' inbetween 'may' and 'be'. Maybe that's because you like to tick the box for no publicity? Some people like to be credited with their work, but don't want to go as far as the obnoxious ad clause. The licence doesn't look stupid to me, even if the clause may be an unnecessary expression of the normal situation in most places.
Hmm, that does explain, but seriously I would be concerned as an author! eg. Someone could take my work and add a splashscreen that says "Andrew Donnellan is crap" and use it to make an illegal crack downloading program or something like that. Then they could also claim that I endorse it... -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - ajdlinux@jabber.org.au GPG - hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 ------------------------------- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http://www.opennic.unrated.net