One More New License....

[Lakshmipathi]

Hi all,
I tried to use a new license for my tool.
I like have your suggestion and comments on it.
Here it comes....
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License 4Mycode
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Version.1 , Date and Time:01/01/2007,10:37AM

Hey all,
License 4Mycode,for gET i iT sAY.giis.v4 follows
*****You are developer,all i expect is to keep my name & email id in your files,where my code is being used.**********

Life Rules :
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It's a free tool if and only if,
1)You are a Individual,who is poor.
2)You are developer wanting to provide free tool for others.(Here it doesnot matter,whether you are rich or poor)
3)You Love Animals.
4)You like calvin and hobbes.
5)You are an atheist.
6)You are not an atheist,but respects other religion and their values and beliefs.
7)You help people regardless of their caste or community or religions or nationality.
If you belong to ANY ONE of above said "Life Rules",then it's free for you.
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Payment Rules:
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You have to pay,
1)If You,yourself think you are not poor,and don't have any intension of serious programming.
Or
2)If you think,animals are second to human beings.
Or
3)If you don't believe,all humans are same and equal.
Or
4)If you don't respect other religions values and beliefs.

If you belong to ANY ONE of above said "Payment Rules",then You have to pay me for my work,
if and only if you agree with Next Rule,
5)If this tool DID produce EXPECTED RESULT and HELPED you.

Price:
===>Price of this tool,is solely depend on it's usefulness.
if you think,it helped you a lot then you have to pay a lot.
if you think,it helped you a bit then you have to pay a bit.


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[fingal]

Hmmm well if you adopted a licence like that I would argue the software wouldn't be free. Essentially you're saying 'If you share my beliefs it's free, if not then I'll make you pay.'

Also, how do you measure someone's belief system and ensure they stick to it? I'm not sure what I think about animals or their place in the universe, but if I was hungry and trapped in a wilderness with the threat of starvation ... I would start hunting. Everyone has a survival instinct!

I could argue that my approach is humanitarian, but arguments have no beginnings or endings and are usually pointless ... with the dominant individual 'winning'. Still ... if you want to issue a licence like that, you're free to do so, free to ignore me and free to carry on. I might well be a hippy in my next life. Or a hippo?

[techieMoe]

I would not accept it. I think it's a very bad idea to inject religious BS into a software license, even it's tongue-in-cheek. Even if I found the software useful I would be highly insulted by the author's tone and "take it or leave it" mentality.

[Juan Pablo]

I think it will be very hard to defend a licenses like that in a court

[Lakshmipathi]

I would not accept it. I think it's a very bad idea to inject religious BS into a software license, even it's tongue-in-cheek. Even if I found the software useful I would be highly insulted by the author's tone and "take it or leave it" mentality.

Hi,
First of all sorry,if you felt insulted by my tone.
I don't think,i forced any religious basics here.Just i want all to respect others religion too.Is that bad idea?

[Lakshmipathi]

Hmmm well if you adopted a licence like that I would argue the software wouldn't be free. Essentially you're saying 'If you share my beliefs it's free, if not then I'll make you pay.'

Also, how do you measure someone's belief system and ensure they stick to it? I'm not sure what I think about animals or their place in the universe, but if I was hungry and trapped in a wilderness with the threat of starvation ... I would start hunting. Everyone has a survival instinct!

I could argue that my approach is humanitarian, but arguments have no beginnings or endings and are usually pointless ... with the dominant individual 'winning'. Still ... if you want to issue a licence like that, you're free to do so, free to ignore me and free to carry on. I might well be a hippy in my next life. Or a hippo?

I agree with all your points ---but don't you think,it adds more value to a software.

[Lakshmipathi]

I think it will be very hard to defend a licenses like that in a court

I won't take anybody to court

[Juan Pablo]

Maybe somebody will take you to court

[smolloy]

Since I think that animals are second to humans, then I would not be allowed to use your software without paying you. So I will choose to stick with software that doesn't feel the need to preach to me.

[Lakshmipathi]

Maybe somebody will take you to court

Taking Me to courti will come court ,only if rafal nadal and Roger Fedrer playing