Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

MacBird license draft

Author:Dave Winer
Posted:12/31/1999; 12:05:55 PM
Topic:MacBird license draft
Msg #:13983
Prev/Next:13982 / 13984

Goals

Our purpose is to set the MacBird software free, to decouple it from UserLand, to let it find its own place in the world, if it has one.

We want it to be a purely positive thing. We are not using it to defeat or undermine any company, product, or person.

Discussion

After some discussion here, Jacob Levy pointed us to the MIT License, which seems perfect for our needs.

License

Copyright (c) 1991-2000 UserLand Software, Inc.

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.



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