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Would You Die To Respect a Software License?

Posted by timothy on from the visit-from-the-compliance-department dept.

Julie188 writes "Some 2,000 licenses cover the 230,000+ projects in Black Duck's open source knowledge base. While 10 licenses comprise 93% of the software, that leaves 1,980-odd licenses for the other 3% — and some of them have really crazy conditions. The Death and Repudiation License, for instance, requires the user to be dead."

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  1. The humorless answer: by FoolishOwl · · Score: 5, Informative

    The summary left out part of a sentence:

    It's important to note that the top 10 licenses cover 93% of all projects and the top 20 almost 97%.

  2. Re:Back in the 80's... by Itninja · · Score: 3, Informative
    Along those lines I have read legal descriptions of real estate plats with all kinds of stuff in them. They are supposed to be verbose, boring descriptions like:

    A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE STATE OF CA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, WITH A SITUS ADDRESS OF 915 REAL ESTATE ST, LOS ANGELES CA 90010-3531 C059 CURRENTLY OWNED BY HOUSER HOMER J AND LOTS ROSE M AND HAVING A TAX ASSESSOR NUMBER OF 5090-012-034 AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS TRACT # 8076 AND DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT NUMBER 1020134 DATED 03/22/2003 AND RECORDED 04/14/2003.

    I have seen ones, approved by the permit people no less, with instructions to the 'bat cave', lyrics from Pink Floyd, and all kinds of weird junk.

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  3. Re:Remember not to use Java.... by parlancex · · Score: 4, Informative

    Windows server licenses have similar articles stating the OS is unsuitable for realtime applications, such as nuclear reactors. I don't know how they reconcile that with Windows for Battleships exactly.

  4. Re:Remember not to use Java.... by fishexe · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't know how they reconcile that with Windows for Battleships exactly.

    I think that's a moot point, because nobody uses battleships anymore.

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  5. Re:It's not news, it's Slashdot by retchdog · · Score: 2, Informative

    just ask rms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ

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  6. Re:It's not news, it's Slashdot by hairyfeet · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well here is a nice video of RMS (or should that be GNU-RMS?) dining on some fresh toe cheese so watch and make up your own mind.

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  7. Re:Remember not to use Java.... by zippthorne · · Score: 3, Informative

    It was Windows for Warships.

    Kids these days, just don't get alliteration any more.

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