Subject: Re: Sleepycat Software DB 2.x library licensing vs. NetBSD
To: NetBSD-current Discussion List <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: None <seebs@plethora.net>
List: current-users
Date: 09/20/1998 23:49:13
In message <m0zKxnS-0009M1C@most.weird.com>, Greg A. Woods writes:
>This is a very real problem for some people, not to mention that it's a
>pain in the butt, and the legal expenses can often mount well beyond
>what you might ever see in return.  Who the hell wants to hire a lawyer
>just because you wrote an posted some cool software once upon a time?

No one... but that's what all the NO_WARRANTY files are for.  :)

>Sure, you can try, but some of these crazy nuts are quite persistent.
>I've even heard one story of a user showing up at someone's place of
>business and causing quite a scene over something that had been written
>long before he worked at this particular company.

Wow.

-s