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jstimpfle / tetris-on-a-plane

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License, seriously #4

Open criswell opened 8 years ago

criswell commented 8 years ago

To those asking for a license: Thanks for your interest and your nice stars. As far as I'm concerned, use of the code is as free as can be (and as can beer). The credit goes to the original Tetris author. Note also that there is an abundance of Tetris clones on the web, many of which are probably similar in implementation, so I'm not interested in adding complicated lawyer words that nobody understands.

That's nice and everything, but in lieu of any sort of license your code is copyrighted by you with all rights reserved (e.g., it is in no way shape or form "free as can be", and no sane developer would ever use the code therein).

I know developers these days want to live in a post-copyright world, but we don't. Absent a license your code is copyrighted by you and severely restricted, no matter how many flowers and candy you toss in a README file. Being blasé about a license because you don't like "complicated lawyer words" doesn't absolve you from the very real world of copyright law.

For more information, see this https://blog.codinghorror.com/pick-a-license-any-license/

Sorry to be a dick, but damnit all to hell I fucking hate it when people these days deliberately don't put a license in their projects because they hate licenses.

jstimpfle commented 8 years ago

The intent is as clear as I care to make it. I don't need to stick a mind numbing license on every poo-poo I make on the internet.

I don't consider this a serious software project, so it doesn't need more elaborate licensing. I'm happy to be proven wrong (you are welcome to explain your case) and in this case would be willing to change my mind. But unless you do I will just assume you are a a little overzealous (with all respect).

By the way, AFAIK most open source "licenses" are formally dubious as well, as far as lawyers are concerned. It's mostly about this: The intent must be clear. One size does not fit all.