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authorMatthew Kennedy <mkennedy@gentoo.org>2004-05-14 18:41:03 +0000
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+The "No problem Bugroff" license.
+
+Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation devised, in addition
+to some marvelous software, the GNU General Public License (GPL for
+short). Or the CopyLeft it is sometimes called.
+
+It is quite a revolutionary document, using the "copyright" tool to to
+protect your right to use free software.
+
+Unfortunately using copyright to protect free software is a lot like
+using a Jackal to guard the hens.
+
+In fact, various inconveniences relating to this have resulted in
+modifications such as the LGPL (Library General Public License) and
+more recently the NPL (Netscape Public License)
+
+I call these matters mere inconveniences, the real damage will occur
+when the Jackal's, (sorry, I mean lawyers), actually get to test the
+GPL in court for the first time.
+
+Thus enter my version.
+
+Its very simple.
+
+Entirely consistent.
+
+Completely unrestrictive.
+
+Easy to apply.
+
+The "No problem Bugroff" license is as follows...
+
+The answer to any and every question relating to the copyright,
+patents, legal issues of Bugroff licensed software is....
+
+Sure, No problem. Don't worry, be happy. Now bugger off.
+
+All portions of this license are important..
+
+"Sure, no problem." Gives you complete freedom. I mean it. Utterly
+complete. A bit of a joke really. You have complete freedom anyway.
+"Don't worry, be happy." Apart from being good advice and a good song,
+it also says :- No matter what anyone else says or does, you still
+have complete freedom. Now bugger off. The only way to get rid of
+pushy Jackals is to ignore them and not feed them. The GPL is just
+begging somebody to take it to court. Can't you just see it. Exactly
+the same thing that happened when some twit (not Linus) registered
+Linux as his own personal trademark. People got upset, started a fund,
+and hired, off all ruddy things, a Jackal to try and defend the
+chicken! Who really benefits from this trademark / patent / copyright
+thing anyway? The lawyers. Who made it up in the first place? The
+lawyers. OK so the last part of the license sounds a bit harsh, but
+seriously folks, if you are a :-
+
+Lawyer asking these legalese questions... You should go off and learn
+an honest trade that will actually contribute to life instead of
+draining it. Programmer asking these legalese questions... You have
+amazingly powerful tools in your hands and mind, use them to ask and
+answer the worthwhile questions of life, the universe and
+everything. Stop mucking about with such legal nonsense and get back
+to programming. User/reader asking these question... Don't worry. Go
+off and be happy. Have fun. Enjoy what has been created for you. \ No newline at end of file