Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:57:08 -0600 (MDT) | From | Colin Plumb <> | Subject | Re: [Only Tenuously On Topic] Profibus for Linux - license advice wanted. |
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> * To place your patches in the public domain, just give your name, a > * brief description, and a statement like the following: > * > * June 199 Random Hacker (random@hacker.org): > * Updated for 2.3.43 VFS changes. These changes placed in the > * public domain.
> Never never never do this > > In many countries 'public domain' does not imply 'no liability'. It means > 'you can do what you like with this code, if it breaks you can sue me'. Not > good.
Ah, thank you. I had not considered that aspect. Can you suggest something alternate? I just thoght PD was appropriate for minor fixes that nobody cares about the intellectual property value of except to the degree that I don't want to assign the damn thing to some other company who could then in theory go and sue me over my own code. -- -Colin "The law is an ass in need of an enema."
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