FAQ

Actually I usually only get one question:

"I want to use code XYZ in my project, what are my requirements for doing that?"

Well if you look at pretty much every bit of code up on the site, you'll notice that there is no license, no comment section with a long legal preamble, etc. Because, to be honest, I don't care (which is odd since I'm married to a lawyer). All that I ask is you mention me somewhere as original creator/poster of the code and a link back to the site. Other than that, it's completely free to use.

You may be asking yourself why would I not publish the items under, say, the GPL or BSD? To be honest, the GPL is way too stringent. I don't like the free software movement the way they state it. I want people doing open source, closed souce, etc. to be able to use my code/software. And if you find a really cool use for it, I'm even ok with you making a couple bucks from it. This basically means the GPL is not a possibility for me (even the LGPL is a stretch). On the other hand, I do like the BSD license and any large project that I post here will probably use it (or some variant). But for the smaller bits of code, the mention/link will do.

The only bit of legal jargon I'm going to put up about those smaller bits of code is this:

ALL SOFTWARE ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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