Alteration to the license . Remove superfluous definitions. . Shorten the disclaimer I don't think it is necessary to elaborate on the disclamation of warranty. . Imply Due Credit(attribution) like the BSD License. . Remove explicit license acceptance/understanding requirement in the latter part of the permission requirement. I think this is a well established implication within any license.
This is a pretty significant change, but I just want the meat and potatoes, so I got rid of the fluff. The copyright and other identification information should be prepended to the license, which should be considered part of the instrument. ---LICENSE--- <Copyright Information> Utilization of the works is permitted provided that this instrument is retained with the works, so that any entity that utilizes the works is notified of this instrument. DISCLAIMER: THE WORKS ARE WITHOUT WARRANTY. [2004, Fair License: rhid.com/fair] ---LICENSE--- This shortens it up pretty well, but I think it is still effective. Any comments are welcome. Regards, James William Pye -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3