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> They then came back saying that I had to assume any liability they might face for using it. That's a fairly scary consequence of not using a standard Free an
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
> They then came back saying that I had to assume any liability they might face for using it.
That's a fairly scary consequence of not using a standard Free and Open Source software licence. As you made a special arrangement to permit them to use the code, I presume your code wasn't already publicly available under a standard copycenter licence?
- MattPalmer1086 6y agoThat's right, the code was not open source, it was shareware. In those days, I either wasn't aware, or there weren't widely available and understood licenses you could use. I agree that this was a scary consequence of making my software available. I paid a lot more attention to licensing after that experience, and I now use standard open source licenses to protect myself as well as the work.