__/ [ Linonut ] on Sunday 31 December 2006 16:35 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, 7 belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> Linonut wrote:
>>
>>> I found an interesting open-source license I think you should all know
>>> about:
>>>
>>> http://shttpd.sourceforge.net/#license
>>>
>>> "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
>>> Sergey Lyubka wrote this software. As long as you retain this notice
>>> you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day,
>>> and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in
>>> return.
>>
>> This is a dangerous BSD style license that reduces in freedom as time
>> goes by like a BSD license. Instead of beer, this guy is likely
>> to be sued by the likes of Appil computer, and he will end
>> up buying them beer as well as donate free software.
>
> Wow. 2-for-2 with humorless responses to a humorous post.
Have a look at this new article/quotefest:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/12/29/PM200612295.html
"He hopes Free Beer's popularity proves that open-source development can help
make better and cheaper products, even physical ones like cars or
pharmaceuticals.
But, for me, in the end, I still wanted to score some free beer.
LINDSEY: You said you have some here. Is there a way I could
taste the beer? Is that possible, or . . . ?
NIELSEN: Sure, that'll be $4.
LINDSEY: I thought it was free beer!
NIELSEN: Well, free as in free speech, not as in free beer."
They pulled a SugarCRM. 'Free' as in as "free to charge for access".
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