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A "license" like that would be a good thing, I think. Whenever I hear about some potentially useful-to-me 0.1-version OS project, it'd be nice to know things a
by Semiapies 17y ago
A "license" like that would be a good thing, I think. Whenever I hear about some potentially useful-to-me 0.1-version OS project, it'd be nice to know things about it. Things like, "Is the developer ever going to spend more than that first weekend poking at it?" or "Does the developer think of this code as similar to a discarded toilet he's left on a curb?"
I get the point about entitled-feeling users, but there's a flip side: in the comments, he goes on about welcoming bug reports, etc. from those users. He wants users to bug-test for him and help him improve his code, but he's not paying them for the QC work any more than they're paying him for coding.
If you release software, for better or worse, you set up some social expectations. If you don't want people complaining to you and wanting bug-fixes and support, either don't release that software or make it abundantly clear in the license, download site, etc. that the software isn't supported.