im.py: a python communications tool

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:47:11 -0700, jhunter.dunefsky wrote:

> Actually, my current licence can be found here:
> https://github.com/jhunter-d/im.py/blob/master/LICENCE.  Whaddaya think
> about this, Useneters?


I think you're looking for a world of pain, when somebody uses your 
software, it breaks something, and they sue you. Your licence currently 
means that you are responsible for the performance of your software.

Why don't you use a recognised, tested, legally-correct licence, like the 
MIT licence, instead of trying to be clever and/or lazy with a one-liner?

E.g. http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT


Software licencing is a solved problem. Do you really think that people 
write three or four paragraph licences because they *like* legal 
boilerplate? Did you imagine that you were the first person to think, "I 
know! I'll write a one-liner telling people they can do whatever they 
want with my software! Nothing can possibly go wrong!"?

Use a known, tested, working solution, and save yourself the pain.



-- 
Steven