Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!eric!echidna From: echidna@eric.ecr.mu.oz (Eric H. Echidna) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: While we're flaming about copyrights... Summary: Bravo Rich $alz Message-ID: <3927@munnari.oz.au> Date: 8 May 90 02:25:13 GMT References: <=X833-ggpc2@ficc.uu.net> <435:May611:29:3590@stealth.acf.nyu.edu> <2498@litchi.bbn.com> Sender: news@cs.mu.oz.au Lines: 47 In article <2498@litchi.bbn.com>, rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes: > [..] > > Look, if you want to post something to Usenet, just give the goddamn thing > away. Sorry about the swearing, but this is really getting totally ridiculous. > [..] Without wishing to join in the "Gee my Copyright is so good" war, but wishing to register a vote for sanity as expressed by Rich Salz, here is what we consider to be a good copy-free notice for people wishing to distribute truly free software. (Taken from our VOGLE/VORT distributions) -- [brief description of product here] As we will be continuing development on we will gratefully accept any bug fixes or enhancements such as new drivers, etc... [some inane comments in here] so if you find it useful for anything in particular we wouldn't mind hearing from you as well. This software is public domain and may be used for any purpose commercial or otherwise. It is offered without any guarantee as to its suitability for any purpose or as to the sanity of its writers. We do ask that the source is passed on to anyone that requests a copy. Although is public domain we will drink any quantity of Beer you send to us. -- It has all you need. It's truly free software. We don't care if a comercial company uses it. We've asked for feedback. We've asked that it be passed on. And if you like it you can send us beer. Experience to date: we have got feedback (despite not insisting on it - thanks guys). Some people have evidently received it without getting it from us and without having to pay for it (it seems not everybody is a money grabbing bastard after all). AND what's more somebody actually sent us some beer! (Thanks - we hope this is a trend that will continue!) What else could you want? As an aside, we think it is foolish to worry about our reputations as we *know* that in six months we will think that everything we write today is crap. Eric (keep that beer flowing) H. Echidna