License Committee Report for April 2009

[Alon von Bismark]

2009/4/2 Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>:
> Quoting Alon von Bismark (al.von.bi at googlemail.com):
>
>> The context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL
>
> As previously discussed, this would-be licence is defectively
> constructed, its wording making no reference to a covered work and thus,

http://opensource.org/licenses/fair.php

also makes no reference to "a covered work" (other than using a word "works").

> apparently, granting certain rights to the licence itself, only, and not
> to anything else.  Thus, it OSD merits as yet another cruddy permissive
> licence with warranty problems ...

Do a google/yahoo/msn search for "Gewährleistung" and "Garantie".

Hint:

http://www.ra-kotz.de/garantie.htm

[more illiteracy sniped]

alvbi

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