The "No problem Bugroff" license.

Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation devised, in addition to some
marvelous software, the GNU General Public License (GPL for short). Or the CopyLeft
it is sometimes called.

It is quite a revolutionary document, using the "copyright" tool to to protect
your right to use free software.

Unfortunately using copyright to protect free software is a lot like using a
Jackal to guard the hens.

In fact, various inconveniences relating to this have resulted in modifications
such as the LGPL (Library General Public License) and more recently the NPL
(Netscape Public License)

I call these matters mere inconveniences, the real damage will occur when the
Jackal's, (sorry, I mean lawyers), actually get to test the GPL in court for
the first time.

Thus enter my version.

Its very simple.

Entirely consistent.

Completely unrestrictive.

Easy to apply.

The "No problem Bugroff" license is as follows...

The answer to any and every question relating to the copyright, patents, legal
issues of Bugroff licensed software is....

Sure, No problem. Don't worry, be happy. Now bugger off.

All portions of this license are important..

"Sure, no problem." Gives you complete freedom. I mean it. Utterly complete.
A bit of a joke really. You have complete freedom anyway.
"Don't worry, be happy." Apart from being good advice and a good song, it also
says :- No matter what anyone else says or does, you still have complete freedom.
Now bugger off. The only way to get rid of pushy Jackals is to ignore them and
not feed them. The GPL is just begging somebody to take it to court. Can't you
just see it. Exactly the same thing that happened when some twit (not Linus)
registered Linux as his own personal trademark. People got upset, started a
fund, and hired, off all ruddy things, a Jackal to try and defend the chicken!
Who really benefits from this trademark / patent / copyright thing anyway? The
lawyers. Who made it up in the first place? The lawyers.

OK so the last part of the license sounds a bit harsh, but seriously folks,
if you are a :-

Lawyer asking these legalese questions... You should go off and learn an honest
trade that will actually contribute to life instead of draining it.
Programmer asking these legalese questions... You have amazingly powerful tools
in your hands and mind, use them to ask and answer the worthwhile questions
of life, the universe and everything. Stop mucking about with such legal nonsense
and get back to programming.
User/reader asking these question... Don't worry. Go off and be happy. Have
fun. Enjoy what has been created for you.