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Subject: Re: IF library licence / game licence
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 09:05:12 -0400
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Stephen L Breslin <breslin@acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote:
>On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 09:45:07 -0400, John Colagioia
><JColagioia@csi.com> wrote:
>>Lucian P. Smith wrote:
>>> And having some sort of simple, boilerplate license examples on the
>>> archive and/or other places would help us do that.  Hmm, maybe the FAQ?
>>Actually, it's probably a good idea to find some way of presenting
>>this sort of information to anyone trying to upload to the archive.
>I might be writing something within the next couple of days that could
>be used for this purpose, unless I get further discouraged. ;)
>There are several useful licenses, and a nice summary of what it means
>to apply each of them to libraries and games would be good, even if no
>additional licenses are introduced.

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of something
far simpler (and, thus, more likely to be read).  When
connecting, the uploader should be given a message (not
unlike the flap on the envelopes of your credit card bills,
now that I think about it) that says something to the
effect of, "hey, stupid; if you don't have an explicit
license on your work, nobody can use it without asking for
your explicit permission.  And if you drop off the face of
the Earth, your work thus becomes useless."

OK, more polite might be useful, but you get the idea...
