{"id":4810,"date":"2011-03-07T12:36:21","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T19:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/?p=4810"},"modified":"2011-03-07T12:36:21","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T19:36:21","slug":"hippy-software-licenses-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/2011\/03\/07\/hippy-software-licenses-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hippy Software Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite software licenses is the Beerware<\/a> license, here in a version due to Poul-Henning Kamp:<\/p>\n

\n\/*
\n * --------------------------------------------------------------
\n * \"THE BEER-WARE LICENSE\" (Revision 42):
\n * <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote this file. As long as you retain
\n * this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff.
\n * If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it,
\n * you can buy me a beer in return Poul-Henning Kamp
\n * --------------------------------------------------------------
\n *\/<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Recently I came across a license of a form I’d never seen before, this one for one of the top graph isomorphism software programs, nauty<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Copyright (1984-2010) Brendan McKay. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby given for use and\/or distribution with the exception of sale for profit or application with nontrivial military significance. You must not remove this copyright notice, and you must document any changes that you make to this program. This software is subject to this copyright only, irrespective of any copyright attached to any package of which this is a part.
\n <\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just as there are socially conscious mutual funds, it also appears that there are socially conscious software licenses! Who knew? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite software licenses is the Beerware license, here in a version due to Poul-Henning Kamp: \/* * ————————————————————– * “THE BEER-WARE LICENSE” (Revision 42): * <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote this file. As long as you retain * this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. * If we meet some day, … <\/p>\n

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