Re: [pygame] PCR & other notes

[Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>]

Pete Shinners wrote:
> Damien Miller wrote:
>
> > IANAL (but this is a pretty common issue)
> >
> > Putting code into the public domain still leaves the author exposed to 
> > liability in certain jurisdictions. For code that is to be made as 
> > free as possible while protecting the author, the 2-term BSD license 
> > or the X11 license (attached) are usually preferred as they include a 
> > liability disclaimer.
>
> it's too bad liability even has to be a concern, but it should be 
> addressed. i'm not opposed to going with these licenses. all code 
> submitted would probably just 'agree' to be placed under a license like 
> this. the code maintainer can hopefully just tag it with a 1 or 2 line 
> header that declares the license and a link to it. i would just just
>
> #from the Pygame Cookbook by <authorname>
> #public domain with no warranty, http://pygame.org/helpyourself.txt
>
> changing the last line to whatever is best and add an url perhaps?
Yes, IMO that would be best.

-d