For Approval: Microsoft Permissive License

[Rick Moen]

Quoting David Woolley (forums at david-woolley.me.uk):
> Rick Moen wrote:
>
>>This is an ideological construing of the term 'damage' that would carry
>>zero weight in tort law.
> 
> In that case, how would you draft a licence/contract that did provide 
> valid protection of the ideological goals, or what would you suggest 
> that open source developers should tell their government representatives 
> to demand in new legislation to make this possible?

That's a very broad question, although I suppose it is a significant one.

Open source developers should of course try to ensure that the leaders
of projects are reasonably trustworthy.  The licence/contract should 
make clear what the licensor is trying to achieve.  Beyond those things,
I'm not sure offhand what to recommend.

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