I generally think licenses are easier to grok
if they are long. They omit less information.
But I have to agree that ISC is easier to
understand than MIT. For one thing, it does
not use any words that require a legal dictionary
and most of it can be understood by a 10-year
old that does not even have English as her
native language. It also does not use any
fuzzy words like “substantial”. ISC leaves all
cruft and fuzzyness to copyright law. Now,
if we could only get rid of the disclaimer, but
I suspect it is required in some jurisdictions.
On Thu, 2 Jun 2016 15:38:48 +0800
Pickfire <pickfire_AT_riseup.net> wrote:
> Nice, I like ISC license, it's shorter and it saves
> space. And faster to read.
>
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 09:37:35AM +0200,
> git_AT_suckless.org wrote:
> >commit 98edf61c76e1a8987e98a223cf4ab1d74080f9f4
> >Author: Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se>
> >AuthorDate: Thu Jun 2 09:36:04 2016 +0200
> >Commit: Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se>
> >CommitDate: Thu Jun 2 09:36:04 2016 +0200
> >
> > Switch to ISC license.
> >
> > See
> > http://git.suckless.org/scc/commit/?id=ad972426c2da0aff2346e7915ffb3b9454069e08
> > for rationale.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se>
> >
> >diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
> >index 8bc17bb..028f3a3 100644
> >--- a/LICENSE
> >+++ b/LICENSE
> >_AT_@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
> >-MIT/X Consortium License
> >+ISC License
> >
> > © 2016 Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se>
> >
> >-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any
> >person obtaining a -copy of this software and associated
> >documentation files (the "Software"), -to deal in the
> >Software without restriction, including without
> >limitation -the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
> >publish, distribute, sublicense, -and/or sell copies of
> >the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> >-Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
> >following conditions: - -The above copyright notice and
> >this permission notice shall be included in -all copies
> >or substantial portions of the Software. - -THE SOFTWARE
> >IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> >EXPRESS OR -IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
> >WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, -FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> >PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL -THE
> >AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
> >DAMAGES OR OTHER -LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
> >CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING -FROM, OUT OF OR IN
> >CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
> >-DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. +Permission to use, copy,
> >modify, and/or distribute this software for any +purpose
> >with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
> >above +copyright notice and this permission notice
> >appear in all copies. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS
> >IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +WITH REGARD
> >TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
> >+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
> >AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR
> >CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +WHATSOEVER
> >RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN
> >AN +ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
> >ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
> >PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
> >
>
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