Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement

Posted Feb 2, 2012 11:26 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
In reply to: Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement by paulj
Parent article: Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement

No, BSD still has requirements to be met.

If what you're saying is true, then what he is wanting is public domain.

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Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement

Posted Feb 2, 2012 11:32 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link] (2 responses)

(Particularly, since we're talking about binary-only distribution,
> Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
)

Or maybe there's a minimal, only-no-warranty license out there somewhere that requires nothing except to agree to the no warranty thing.

Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement

Posted Feb 2, 2012 12:57 UTC (Thu) by gioele (subscriber, #61675) [Link] (1 responses)

Or maybe there's a minimal, only-no-warranty license out there somewhere that requires nothing except to agree to the no warranty thing.

The Unlicense license (<http://unlicense.org/>), derived from the SQLite license.

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
means.

In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
software under copyright law.

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 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.

For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>

Garrett: The ongoing fight against GPL enforcement

Posted Feb 3, 2012 8:22 UTC (Fri) by bronson (guest, #4806) [Link]

Or the MIT License, a personal favorite. It looks basically the same.