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Re: MIT, Apache, BSD, GPL, LGPL what the h*ll

From: Daniel Berlin <dberlin_at_dberlin.org>
Date: 2002-07-06 19:55:05 CEST

> >
> > http://zooko.com/license_quick_ref.html
> >
> > > Why is it that whenever people try to do something nice for the world,
> > > lawyers come in and f*** it all up?
> >
> > Lawyers have not generally decided what licenses get attached to free
> > software; software authors have.
>
> Yes, but developers don't always get what they "thought they asked for" from
> their lawyers.
> I know I've run into this problem:-)

Then you need better lawyers.

--Dan

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