Re: [Haskell] haskell.org Simple Permissive License

On 12/01/06, Ashley Yakeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sorry this is dragging on so long. It seems public domain is hard, > both in the U.S. and in certain European jurisdictions. And people want > a disclaimer. > > I did come across the MIT license, which may be close. >

[Haskell] haskell.org Simple Permissive License

I'm sorry this is dragging on so long. It seems public domain is hard, both in the U.S. and in certain European jurisdictions. And people want a disclaimer. I did come across the MIT license, which may be close. Here is my non-expert attempt

[Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

Aaron Denney wrote: On 2006-01-12, Malcolm Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: However, it also needs a disclaimer of warranty, Agreed, agreed, agreed. I'd prefer to find a prewritten license that covers this, of course. If we can't find one, we might lift sections 5 & 6 from the Creative

[Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

On 2006-01-12, Malcolm Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, it also needs a disclaimer of warranty, Agreed, agreed, agreed. I'd prefer to find a prewritten license that covers this, of course. -- Aaron Denney -><- ___ Haskell mailing list Ha

[Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wolfgang Jeltsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh, this is rather complex. Do we understand all the implications this > license would have? In addition, it uses this ugly word ( :-) ) "public > domain" instead. Yeah, I prefer the other one, especially as this

Re: [Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

Am Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2006 19:07 schrieb Wolfgang Jeltsch: > [...] > In addition, it uses this ugly word ( :-) ) "public domain" instead. I meant: "again", not: "instead". > [...] Best wishes, Wolfgang ___ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskell.org

Re: [Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

Am Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2006 18:58 schrieb Ashley Yakeley: > [...] > The Creative Commons project helpfully provides a public domain > declaration, that may be preferable to the earlier one I cited (although > it doesn't have a disclaimer either): > >

[Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Malcolm Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about: I would much rather use a known license than one cobbled together by various non-lawyers. Currently I am considering:

[Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder, though, whether adding a disclaimer is needed. If you take the "by" > out of the Creative Commons license, as ajb suggested, then the major feature > remaining is the disclaimer. Along with that is verbiage whic

[Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ashley has a point though - we couldn't quote from the Haskell report on > the wiki, or indeed quote source code from pretty much anywhere (most > code has a non-PD license) if the whole wiki is PD. The wiki-wide > lice

Re: [Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

Wolfgang Jeltsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > "I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without > >any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law, > >or explicitly claimed in the work for some clearly identifiable > >portion of the work. No warranty

Re: [Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

Am Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2006 14:41 schrieb Malcolm Wallace: > [...] > However, it also needs a disclaimer of warranty, and (as others have > noted) a note about explicitly quoted material which may have other > copyrights and licences. How about: > > "I grant anyone the right to use this work

Re: [Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Sebastian Sylvan wrote: > I'm not a copyright lawyer, but is quoting really disallowed when it > comes to source code? I know that in most countries it's perfectly > legal to quote parts of book and articles, wouldn't the same apply to > source code? > That doesn't necessari

Re: [Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

On 1/12/06, Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Mitchell wrote: > >>A link from the wiki to where? The wiki is supposed to take over the > >>haskell.org site. But maybe we can still have directories that are not > >>part of the wiki. > > > > > > Some of the pages on the Haskell site simp

Re: [Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

Ashley Yakeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. > This applies worldwide. > > "In case this is not legally possible: > > "I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any > conditions, unless such condit

[Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

Neil Mitchell wrote: A link from the wiki to where? The wiki is supposed to take over the haskell.org site. But maybe we can still have directories that are not part of the wiki. Some of the pages on the Haskell site simply *can't* be moved over to the wiki, Hoogle

[Haskell] Re: haskell.org Public Domain

On 2006 January 11 Wednesday 18:52, Ashley Yakeley wrote: > How about this one (from > )? > > "I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. > This applies worldwide. > > "In case this is not legally pos