Re: [dev] simple portscanner

well then that must be a wise lawyer cause he's as right as he could get...

On 2/26/10, Niki Yoshiuchi <aplusbi_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>> >
>> >
>>
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>
Received on Fri Feb 26 2010 - 22:38:02 UTC