Re: [oc] licensing made easy (2nd try)

[Niclas Hedhman <niclas@hedhman.org>]

On Sunday 11 May 2003 06:08 am, John Dalton wrote:
> I think it is a good idea to add a 'license' type
> field.  If possible, it would also be nice to be able
> to say 'show me all projects with license type XYZ',
> as can be done in Sourceforge.

YES.

> I don't mind attempting to put together a summary
> of the discussion so far.  No promises though on
> when I will have time to do it.

How about this URL as a starting point,

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/


For some reason my Beer License is not included ;o)

Sample;
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Copyright (c) 2003, Niclas Hedhman
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this 
list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation 
and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* Neither the name of the Niclas Hedhman nor the names of its contributors may 
be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without 
specific prior written permission.
* Minimum ONE BEER must be drunk in a public place, saluting this software and 
its author, within 90 days.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" 
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.


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