On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Toby Allsopp wrote:
> So, the problem I have is with the content of the license description in
> your RARs. The license you have there, the X license or something, says
> nothing (and can say nothing because it's a copyright license) about use
> or deployment, so it's just unnecessary.
How about:
"Permission is hereby granted... the rights to use, copy..."
or
"THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR
HOLDERS INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR ANY SPECIAL
INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING
FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE."
I'd say they first deals very explicitly with use or deployment,
and the second is something I'd definitely want someone to agree to before
they used the product.
Now, if everyone feels that's inappropriate, I'll be happy to
change the license flag to optional or something. But we never show a "if
you click this download like you are agreeing to the terms of the license"
message or anything, so I don't think it's too obnoxious to reproduce it
at runtime. Anyone else want to chip in here?
Aaron
