Re: [dev] simple portscanner

I think he meant - prevent him from using their modified, re-released
version. The BSD license has a similar "problem."

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:59 AM, hiro <23hiro_AT_googlemail.com> wrote:

> How exactly would they prevent you from using it?!
>
> On 2/26/10, James PIC <jamespic_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 6:39 PM, anonymous <aim0shei_AT_lavabit.com> wrote:
> >> On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 11:46:36AM -0500, Ray Kohler wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:37 AM, anonymous <aim0shei_AT_lavabit.com>
> wrote:
> >>> > On Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 02:04:37PM +0100, hiro wrote:
> >>> >> licenses are stupid
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> > I agree. What should be done to place it into the public domain?
> >>> > Will adding of "/* Public Domain */" into every source file be
> enough?
> >>>
> >>> Some parts of the world (I think DE is one of them) don't recognize
> >>> the phrase "public domain" to mean anything in particular, so you have
> >>> to write what you mean it to say. Something like "This software is in
> >>> the public domain. That means that you can ..."
> >>>
> >> Here is a comment from SQLite 3 source code:
> >> ** The author disclaims copyright to this source code. In place of
> >> ** a legal notice, here is a blessing:
> >> **
> >> ** May you do good and not evil.
> >> ** May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
> >> ** May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
> >>
> >> expr.c from OpenBSD uses just
> >> /* Public Domain */
> >>
> >> pdksh has file LEGAL with this:
> >> "
> >> pdksh is provided AS IS, with NO WARRANTY, either expressed or implied.
> >>
> >> The vast majority of the code that makes pdksh is in the public domain.
> >> "
> >>
> >> Here is what I have just found also: http://unlicense.org/. Probably
> >> this is a good instruction for placing software into the public domain.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Our lawyer convinced me to stop releasing under WTFPL, because it
> > doesn't prevent some evil bastard to re license my sources and prevent
> > me from even using it.
> >
> > But that's the real world where people actually do care about licenses :)
> >
> > --
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> > Customer is king - Le client est roi - El cliente es rei.
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Fri Feb 26 2010 - 16:07:38 UTC