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The software license is the best part: "If you are caught in a dire situation wherein you only have enough time to save one person out of a group, and the Auth
by jackcviers3 14y ago
The software license is the best part:
"If you are caught in a dire situation wherein you only have enough time to save one person out of a group, and the Author is a member of that group, you must save the Author."
- 51Cards 14y agoBrilliant... This is going in every software license and terms agreement I write from here on out. What a tremendous insurance policy if I perhaps hit on the next Facebook. 1/7th of the planet responsible for saving lil ol' me.
- kozlovsky 14y agoJust keep in mind: widespread adoption of this license can lead to race conditions, when two concurrent authors of simultaneously used products happen to be in the same group
- warmwaffles 14y agoDefine author as the Original Author
- antihero 14y agoThe author of this software takes precedence over all other licenses times infinity plus one!
- TheBiv 14y agoOur QA group is hiring
- masklinn 14y agoI don't know, I really liked the `FuckIt.moreConflict()` method, especially when I read the source and realized he actually tested it and ensured `window.location` would not get overwritten (or you'd navigate away from the page)
- drivingmenuts 14y agoI dunno. Does this clause require me to save you if I'm in favor of said event happening?
- adaml_623 14y agoThat's not a 'dire situation' more of a plan coming together.
- e1ven 14y agoInterestingly (to me), this is Technically GPL incompatible, since it adds additional restrictions beyond what the GPL requires.
- TeMPOraL 14y agoAnother reason not to use GPL - it breaks the ability to add something funny to licence.
- thristian 14y agoNot so much a fault of the GPL as a fault of copyright law - I've heard judges tend to look poorly on people who appear to be disrespecting the legal system.
- __alexs 14y agoJust dual-license the work.
- wcoenen 14y ago"Dual-license" means that the user gets to pick a license, not that the union of all license restrictions applies.
- __alexs 14y agoWell-done. What does this have to do with making a joke license for a work people might want to actually modify? Do they not get to laugh if they choose GPL over the one with the comedy in?
- wcoenen 14y ago> Do they not get to laugh if they choose GPL over the one with the comedy in? The important thing is what happens if they pick the joke license. They get to ignore the GPL entirely, which is probably not what you want if you only intended to add something funny to your work. If you just want to add funny license terms but keep the GPL terms, you have to modify the GPL license instead of having a dual license.
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- kbolino 14y agoIn this case, that should be considered a feature.
- angrycoder 14y agoIt is a good idea to read the article before commenting.