Re: [pbmserv-dev] Questions of pbmserv copyright, etc. etc.

[Stephen Tavener <stephen@scat.demon.co.uk>]

As a new developer on pbmserv, my code will be carrying a notice
something like the following:

/*
 * Code (c) Stephen Tavener (stephen@scat.demon.co.uk), 2001.  
 * TAMSK (c) Kris Burm 1997.  
 *
 * Permission is given to modify this code for the purpose
 * of enhancing Richard Rognlie's PBMSERV, either by adding new
 * functionality to the TAMSK module, or as a base for a new game.  
 * If you wish to use the code for any other purposes, ASK!  
 *
 * All moral rights asserted.
 */

... moral rights are (as far as I know) an EU thing - the author has the
right to be identified as such, and has some control if the work is used
for an unintended purpose.

The main reasons I don't like the GPL?  
1. My programs are my children - I like to know what's happening to
them.  
2. I may wish to re-use some of the code later in a commercial program,
which may become tricky if there are copyright-free version floating
around. 
3. I'd like to make sure that nothing I write gets used for purposes to
which I'm opposed (slavery, cruelty to animals, and politics spring to
mind)...

TTFN,





                        Stephen
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