Re: [Only Tenuously On Topic] Profibus for Linux - license advice wanted.

Colin Plumb (colin@nyx.net)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 14:57:08 -0600 (MDT)

> * To place your patches in the public domain, just give your name, a
> * brief description, and a statement like the following:
> *
> * June 199 Random Hacker (random@hacker.org):
> * Updated for 2.3.43 VFS changes. These changes placed in the
> * public domain.

> Never never never do this
>
> In many countries 'public domain' does not imply 'no liability'. It means
> 'you can do what you like with this code, if it breaks you can sue me'. Not
> good.

Ah, thank you. I had not considered that aspect. Can you suggest
something alternate? I just thoght PD was appropriate for minor fixes
that nobody cares about the intellectual property value of except to
the degree that I don't want to assign the damn thing to some other
company who could then in theory go and sue me over my own code.

-- 
	-Colin "The law is an ass in need of an enema."


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