* [COFF] [TUHS] 2bsd tarball -> pdtar, with a side of uuslave
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@ 2020-07-29 20:01 ` cym224
2020-08-12 1:51 ` dave
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From: cym224 @ 2020-07-29 20:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
(Sent to COFF as too far afield for a subthread)
On 29/07/2020, John Gilmore <gnu at toad.com> wrote (in part):
[...]
> There was another chapter to the "tar wars" after UNIX and after POSIX.
First, thank you for the chapter. #6-)
> I put the pdtar code into the public domain, so it could be widely used.
> This produced a variety of support headaches. [...] This eventually led me to
> understand more of the value in using the GNU General Public License.
As everyone knows, a lot of Usenet source was released into the public
domain. I have been told, time and again, by IP lawyers never to
release s/w unencumbered. Without an appropriate encumbrance, the
author may be liable for any damage caused by said s/w -- as insane
as that sounds. (I was told that there is even case law but I cannot
remember what.) So your support woes could have been worse.
N.
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* [COFF] [TUHS] 2bsd tarball -> pdtar, with a side of uuslave
2020-07-29 20:01 ` [COFF] [TUHS] 2bsd tarball -> pdtar, with a side of uuslave cym224
@ 2020-08-12 1:51 ` dave
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From: dave @ 2020-08-12 1:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Wed, 29 Jul 2020, Nemo wrote:
> As everyone knows, a lot of Usenet source was released into the public
> domain. I have been told, time and again, by IP lawyers never to
> release s/w unencumbered. Without an appropriate encumbrance, the
> author may be liable for any damage caused by said s/w -- as insane
> as that sounds. (I was told that there is even case law but I cannot
> remember what.) So your support woes could have been worse.
This is the "licence" that I use; I find the GPL to be far too restrictive
for my tastes.
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+---------------------------------------+
|Simplified BSD Licence (patent pending)|
+---------------------------------------+
Do what the hell you like with this stuff, but don't pretend that you
wrote it or remove this notice, OK? Otherwise I *will* hunt you down
and deal with you (and I have done that before).
If you modify anything then have the guts to put your name to it so I
know who to blame and can deflect complaints accordingly, or email me
so I can incorporate your ideas (with due credit) in the next version
of this fine suite of software; fame could be yours :-)
Continued use of this software may or may not result in the agonising
death of all small furry animals within a 100ft radius, so use at own
risk; I cannot accept any responsibility for any animal-welfare group
kicking down the door in the middle of the night and dragging you off
to be vivisected with a rusty razor blade.
Copyright (C) 2018, David Ian Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) dave at horsfall.org
Don't email me without first reading http:/www.horsfall.org/spam.html
-- Dave
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