PERFECTLY SANE PUBLIC LICENSE Version 0.1, March 2002 Copyright (C) 2002 GOPSI Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to define legally how you may use the software. By contrast, the Perfectly Sane Public License isn't likely to be legally binding in any way. Neither is it very likely to be very effective to either ensure or to restrict your freedom to share, modify, sell (or whatever) the software. And it's most likely illegal. So to be honest, you may just as well do exactly what the f*ck you like with the software. PERFECTLY SANE PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person, animal, alien monster or mythical beast obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (yeah, right, like anyone's really ever going to bother writing any documentation), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, sell, eat, regurgitate, defenestrate, floccipaucinihilipilificate and/or shove up your a*se copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following condition: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software (unless it's Friday, and you can't be bothered and want to go home). THE NEXT BIT ABOUT THE WARRANTY MUST ALWAYS BE STATED IN UPPER CASE, BECAUSE ALL WARRANTIES IN ALL LICENSES ALWAYS ARE. (NO, I'M NOT SURE WHY.) THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. YES, THAT MEANS ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR EVILLY INSINUATED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS, COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, OR ANYONE ELSE ANYWHERE IN ANY DIMENSION BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM OR DAMAGES AT ALL RELATING TO THE USE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE. ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, SECURITY, AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. EVEN IF YOU LOSE SOME OR ALL OF YOUR DATA. EVEN IF IT DESTROYS YOUR MACHINE, BANKRUPTS YOU, BREAKS UP YOUR MARRIAGE AND LANDS YOU IN PRISON BECAUSE OF SOME BIT OF CODE WE DIDN'T QUITE GET RIGHT. EVEN IF THE SOFTWARE DESTROYS THE UNIVERSE (THIS ONE AND/OR ANY OTHER) BECAUSE OUR TESTING WASN'T UP TO SCRATCH. SO THERE. RIGHT, IS THAT CLEAR? ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. HONESTLY, DID YOU ACTUALLY EXPECT ONE? I MEAN, YOU GOT THIS STUPID PIECE OF SOFTWARE FREE, AND IT DOES BUGGER ALL USEFUL. YOU'D HAVE TO BE A CRETIN TO THINK THAT IT CAME WITH ANY WARRANTY, ESPECIALLY THE IMPLIED ONES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THAT LICENSES GO ON ABOUT INCESSANTLY. How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs 1. Don't, unless you know a 207-letter word. 2. Write a program. 3. Attach the following notice to the program somewhere appropriate like at the beginning of the source files or something: This program is perfectly sane software; redistribution and/or modification is permitted under the terms of the Perfectly Sane Public License (PSPL) as published by Gopsi. 4. Take a copy of your program to a deep and dark forest, and ritually sacrifice an axolotl there in order to keep away the evil spirits and prevent bugs in future versions. (This step is optional.)