Comments on: The Nice Person Freeware License http://onemansblog.com/2007/04/11/the-nice-person-freeware-license/ Specialization is for Insects. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:28:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Rod B http://onemansblog.com/2007/04/11/the-nice-person-freeware-license/#comment-46061 Rod B Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:58:22 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/04/11/the-nice-person-freeware-license/#comment-46061 What did happen to the ' old ' freeware licence ? Didn't the freeware licence require it to be malware free, allow you to distribute it freely and even modify it as long as you gave credit to the original author ? I've been away from the net for twelve months and when I return, I find all the big freeware sites gone and keyboard hooks in a lot of the programs. Good on you John P. for keeping the true spirit of freeware alive. What did happen to the ‘ old ‘ freeware licence ? Didn’t the freeware licence require it to be malware free, allow you to distribute it freely and even modify it as long as you gave credit to the original author ?
I’ve been away from the net for twelve months and when I return, I find all the big freeware sites gone and keyboard hooks in a lot of the programs.

Good on you John P. for keeping the true spirit of freeware alive.

]]> By: The Man http://onemansblog.com/2007/04/11/the-nice-person-freeware-license/#comment-2276 The Man Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:34:01 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/04/11/the-nice-person-freeware-license/#comment-2276 Thanks Steve. You know, with <a href="http://HTMLHelp.com" rel="nofollow">HTMLHelp.com</a> I've been doing this for a long, long time. One could argue that I've been at this longer than almost anyone on the net. Over the last decade I've had people steal my stuff, mangle my wording, and even be rude, demanding and obnoxious upon receipt of totally free content. After a while it seems to me that we have to make one of two decisions: <ol> <li>Just pack it up and go home, because there are always going to be NOT-nice people out there.</li> <li>Learn to ignore them and focus on the people that are appreciative of what we do for them.</li> </ol> I really want to believe that most people are good and kind, so it seems to me that staying away from the threatening legal wording and appealing to their sense of humanity might work better. But I don't know, only time will tell. :-) John Thanks Steve.

You know, with HTMLHelp.com I’ve been doing this for a long, long time. One could argue that I’ve been at this longer than almost anyone on the net. Over the last decade I’ve had people steal my stuff, mangle my wording, and even be rude, demanding and obnoxious upon receipt of totally free content. After a while it seems to me that we have to make one of two decisions:

  1. Just pack it up and go home, because there are always going to be NOT-nice people out there.
  2. Learn to ignore them and focus on the people that are appreciative of what we do for them.

I really want to believe that most people are good and kind, so it seems to me that staying away from the threatening legal wording and appealing to their sense of humanity might work better.

But I don’t know, only time will tell. :-)

John

]]> By: opinion : licensing and / or protecting your blog : Wordpress guy http://onemansblog.com/2007/04/11/the-nice-person-freeware-license/#comment-2274 opinion : licensing and / or protecting your blog : Wordpress guy Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:12:13 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/04/11/the-nice-person-freeware-license/#comment-2274 [...] Licensing I’ve always been a fan of the principles behind creative commons licensing. This is where my conflict arises. On the one hand I want to let people use anything they find on Wordpressguy.com in any way they please. On the other hand, the spamblog incident slightly ruined my morning today. I found another interesting license here which is effectively a DIY license precisely tailored to the individuals needs. [...] [...] Licensing I’ve always been a fan of the principles behind creative commons licensing. This is where my conflict arises. On the one hand I want to let people use anything they find on Wordpressguy.com in any way they please. On the other hand, the spamblog incident slightly ruined my morning today. I found another interesting license here which is effectively a DIY license precisely tailored to the individuals needs. [...]

]]> By: Steve WordpressGuy http://onemansblog.com/2007/04/11/the-nice-person-freeware-license/#comment-2271 Steve WordpressGuy Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:05:39 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/04/11/the-nice-person-freeware-license/#comment-2271 I love the line "The author simply created and released the software because (s)he was a Nice Person". I've long thought that a license-style statement of intent which placed no restriction on use, but encouraged the user to 'play fair' is a great idea. I love the line “The author simply created and released the software because (s)he was a Nice Person”.
I’ve long thought that a license-style statement of intent which placed no restriction on use, but encouraged the user to ‘play fair’ is a great idea.

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