[repost] [j at uriah.heep.sax.de: For Approval: The beer-ware license]
Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com
Sat Jan 12 00:34:29 UTC 2008
Quoting Russ Nelson (nelson at crynwr.com):
> But Rick, it's NOT a permissive license. It imposes a legal liability
> on you.
I don't think "If we meet some day, _and_ you think this stuff is worth
it, you _can_ buy me a beer" (emphasis added) is a legal obligation, any
more than Vim's "If you want to support the Kibaale children centre,
please send a contribution" clause is.
> Or how about OSD#5, discriminating against people with a religious
> objection to strong drink?
They can also _not_ buy Kamp a beer. ;->
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