[svlug] Fedora or Ubuntu for novis

[Alan DuBoff]

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008, Rick Moen wrote:

> I'm curious:  Isn't the text "Copyright (C) 2008 Owner Name. Do whatever
> you want with this work" roughly an order of magnitude shorter and
> simpler still?

The problem I have with that is that we have an implicit 
ownership, that in itself is something I don't want. I truly 
want my code to be open and free, that anyone could take, use, 
modify, redistribute, profit from, or include in other works 
they would do the same. I would encourage them to provide 
sources for additional works, but not require it. I would leave 
it up to the person to do as they see fit.

> Programmer:  I bought a 21' Victory-class sloop, some years ago, but now
>             I'd like it to be ownable by nobody.
> Lawyer:      You want to give it away?
> Programmer:  No, not at all.  I want it to be public domain, ownable by
>             nobody, so that everyone can enjoy it without conditions.

I learned how to sail on a Victory 21...first boat I was able to 
single hand out of the harbor, and back safely by myself...:-)

But the difference is that YES, I want to give it away! I want 
it to be free. To date, the BSD license seems to get me pretty 
close, but it has a copyright on the code.

I'm willing to take full responsibility for any liability and/or 
infringement it may cause, so I'm not looking to evade anything 
in regards to such, I just want the code to be open and free.

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Alan DuBoff - Software Orchestration