[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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