[gameprogrammer] Re: Creating a software license and plublic license

[grant hallman <unilogic@primus.ca>]

At 04:23 AM 29-04-04 +0000, you wrote:
>Didn't Mike Rowe back down in return for M$ certification/books/cd's/etc?

Honestly i lost track of the story, about the time M$ was realizing what a
PR disaster they were headed for. 

grant

>>From: grant hallman <unilogic@primus.ca>
>>Reply-To: gameprogrammer@freelists.org
>>To: gameprogrammer@freelists.org
>>Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Creating a software license and  plublic 
>>license
>>Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:13:18 -0400
>>
>>At 09:44 AM 28-04-04 +0200, you wrote:
>> >On Wednesday 28 April 2004 06.51, Jake The Snake Briggs wrote:
>> >[...licenses...]
>> >> steal them. You could just use the gpl, and nick a EULA from
>> >> windows, or some utiliy. I dont think you can copyright a copyright
>> >> notice.... IANAL
>> >
>> >IANAL either, but I'm quite sure you *can* - just like any other
>> >document. Most licenses seem to mention the text itself and it's
>> >terms of use. They're documents, usually several pages long, and
>> >someone's spent quite a bit of time and/or money (ie someone else's
>> >time) creating them. The whole point is to have something that's at
>> >least somewhat likely to hold up in court, should it come to that.
>> >
>> >Organizations like the FSF and CC explicitly make their licenses
>> >available for use by anyone, free of charge, as a service to the
>> >public -  Free/Open Source legal documents, basically.
>> >
>> >Oh, and I'd think twice before stealing anything from MS... If they
>> >sue, you lose, whether they have a case or not.
>>
>>Hey, that's what they /want/ u to think... that kid in WA, Mike Rowe, got
>>sued for his web site name, and i think M$ ended up backing down. It's no
>>fun getting sued, but they don't own the world quite yet...
>>
>>cheers - grant
>>
>>
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