Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!karl From: karl@ficc.ferranti.com (Karl Lehenbauer) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: copyright notices (was: Re: UNIX-Time the right way ...) Message-ID: Date: 6 Dec 90 21:45:13 GMT References: <18760@rpp386.cactus.org> <2757@cirrusl.UUCP> <18765@rpp386.cactus.org> <2761@cirrusl.UUCP> <18770@rpp386.cactus.org> <2762@cirrusl.UUCP> <18780@rpp386.cactus.org> Reply-To: karl@ficc.ferranti.com (Karl Lehenbauer) Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 19 In article <18780@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes: > * Permission is granted to copy and create derivative works for any > * non-commercial purpose, provided ... How about... * Copyright 1990 John F. Haugh II * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this * software and its documentation for any purpose and without * fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright * notice appear in all copies. John F. Haugh II makes no * representations about the suitability of this software for * any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or * implied warranty. It probably protects you from getting sued for bugs, and who cares if someone makes a few bucks off some tossed-off hack? Our forthcoming Tcl release, definitely not a tossed-off hack, will be redistributable for any purpose, including commercial... -- -- uunet!sugar!ficc!karl (wk), "Any excuse will serve a tyrant." -- Aesop uunet!sugar!karl (hm)