Eiffel Forum License

[Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.]

I understand. Certainly, you, as the copyright holder, may impose as few
restrictions on users as you desire. Nothing wrong with that. There is
another issue, however. Copyleft is an attempt by some people who believe in
"free" software to keep the software free for everyone. Copyleft is one
effective way to do that, and that is my reason for mentioning it.

Rod


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Rod Dixon
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Rutgers University School of Law - Camden
www.cyberspaces.org
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Chief Counsel, Cyberlaw
FreeBuyers Net, LLC
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dixon at freebuyersnet.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Johnson [mailto:david at usermode.org]
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 1:03 PM
> To: Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.; Patrick Doyle;
> license-discuss at opensource.org
> Subject: RE: Eiffel Forum License
>
>
> On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. wrote:
>
> > Your license has no copyleft provision. Why?
>
> I can't answer for Eiffel, but I use the new BSD license, which is
> quite similar, so I can give my own perspective as to why no copyleft.
> My opinion only.
>
> I want to share my software with anyone who wants it. This is voluntary
> on my part, and on the part of the user. I don't want strings attached.
> I want to give my users a set of permissions. I don't want to give them
> a set of restrictions. Since my code is free, it is impossible for
> anyone to "steal" it. The exact bits that I have produced are wholly
> unaffected by someone else's modifications to it.
>
> --
> David Johnson...
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