From: Christian Neukirchen Date: 2005-05-14T01:35:16+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Request for advice on applying a license Nikolai Weibull writes: > Christian Neukirchen, May 13: > >> Ok, IIRC the GNU GPL only *grants* you rights (that you obviously >> wouldn't have by default). Therefore it is actually rather easy (but >> IANAL)... just don't enforce the rights you would have granted if the >> GPL was applied correctly in case it was not. IOW: Don't sue if they >> do what you want them to do, even if they wouldn't actually be allowed >> to do that. > > Wow, three acronyms beginning with the letter I in one paragraph, all of > which I didn’t know existed before I began this thread¹. You do realize > that the “I Am Not A Lawyer” acronym actually has the word “anal” as a > suffix, right? Call me anal-retentive, but how often does the need for > that acronym actually occur? IANAL is the standard excuse for giving hints on legal issues without really having a clue. :-P Rather useful and often used, I think... > I guess you have a point there, though. As I’m only stating OPR² with > the license, I actually don’t need to worry that much about including it > everywhere. > > Anyway, thanks for your input on this, and thanks to everyone who > responded, > nikolai YW. > ¹ I keep forgetting the meaning of IIRC. It just looks like I-something > IRC (as in “Internet Relay Chat”) to me. If I Recall Correctly. Maybe you should wast^Wspend more time on IRC. :-) -- Christian Neukirchen http://chneukirchen.org