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. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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