[Haskell] haskell.org Simple Permissive License

Wolfgang Jeltsch wolfgang at jeltsch.net
Mon Jan 16 16:08:41 EST 2006


Am Donnerstag, 12. Januar 2006 23:28 schrieb Ashley Yakeley:
> I'm sorry this is dragging on so long. It seems public domain is hard,
> both in the U.S. and in certain European jurisdictions. And people want
> a disclaimer.
>
> I did come across the MIT license, which may be close.
> <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>
> Here is my non-expert attempt to adapt it, removing the condition, and
> changing "Software" to "Work":
>
> "Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
> this work (the "Work"),

According to http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php it should 
read:

	[...] to any person obtaining *a copy of* this work,

Or is leaving out of "a copy of" intended?

Anyway, I'm happy that we have a satisfying license now and can contribute to 
the wiki (again).

> [...]

Best wishes,
Wolfgang


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