The Be A Good Guy License
I’ve decided to pledge my support to the concept of the public domain (although I have released things into the public domain before) and am working on a license I can use with various things I’m going to release in future. The first draft is below. I call it the “Be A Good Guy License” (BAGGL).
This software / content / other work is released into the public domain. Do what you want with it, but may your conscience and moral compass encourage you to be a good guy (or gal). Being good means:
* Not using the same, identical name or title for any substantially different or derived works in such a way that confusion could be caused amongst other users.
* Providing the original author(s) with feedback, notices, patches or credit relating to further extended usage of the work. It’s only the decent thing to do.
THE WORK IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIESOF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGESOR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWAREOR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THIS WORK.
Something that never fails to make me groan in disbelief, ever since learning about copyright at primary school, is when some people see fit to put “Copyright 2008 My Name Here” on almost every thing they create. Put it on something finished or worthwhile, sure, but on your English homework? I’ve seen it done.
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