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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:05:45 -0400
From: Dave Angel <davea@davea.name>
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On 04/08/2013 07:16 PM, Mark Janssen wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Steven, they can't sue you for something they didn't pay for, because
> they never entered into an agreement, not did you.
>

That's a common misconception.  No prior agreement is necessary to 
institute a lawsuit, at least in the United States.  I'm not a lawyer, 
but I've been advised that the best you can hope for is to minimize the 
likelihood that a lawsuit will be successful, not to somehow guarantee 
that a lawsuit cannot be filed and prosecuted.

Besides, an open-ended license might be acted on anywhere in the world, 
and who knows what some other jurisdictions might permit/require.


-- 
DaveA