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Re: License check for a new(ly modified) license..



On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:16:34 -0400 Felyza Wishbringer wrote:

[...]
> I found a license that pretty much works, but I
> don't like that it has no warranty disclaimer. So, I modified it per
> the license allowance, but I want an official 'yes its okay'.
[...]
> First, per the code of conduct, I am modifying usage of one word, in
> all its references, for the purposes of the list.

I am not completely sure that this was really necessary: does the
suggestion to avoid foul language apply to quotations that should
otherwise have been literal?
But anyway...

[...]
> ---Begin License---
>          DO WHATEVER THE DUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
>                     Version 3, September 2011
>              Copyright (C) 2011 Felyza Wishbringer

I think you should also acknowledge the original license text's
copyright holder with an appropriate copyright notice (Copyright (C)
2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>).

> 
> Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
> copies of this license, and changing it is allowed as long as the
> name is also changed.
> 
>          DO WHATEVER THE DUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
>   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
> 
>   0. You just DO WHAT THE DUCK YOU WANT TO.
>   1. You are solely responsible for WHAT THE DUCK YOU DO WITH IT.

I am not sure that clause 1 is completely OK.
Unfortunately, I seem to be unable to clearly explain where's the
problem with it, but it does not look absolutely harmless to me...

>   2. There is no DUCKING WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
> ---End License---

Another issue to bear in mind is license proliferation, which is bad.

Please stop a second and think, before going on: do we absolutely need
one more license? We should avoid writing new licenses or new license
versions, unless it _really_ is necessary.

[...]
> Thank you in advance.

You're welcome.


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