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Legal advice on custom license
Oct 22, 2017 at 7:49pm
Hello,
I created a custom license called the Neo-MIT-License (basically the MIT license with a couple of differences). The website link is
https://ndrewxie.github.io/Neo-MIT-License/
Could anybody please give me some pointers or references (pun intended) on how to remove loopholes, improve formatting and grammar, etc?
Thanks,
ndrewxie
I created a custom license called the Neo-MIT-License (basically the MIT license with a couple of differences). The website link is
https://ndrewxie.github.io/Neo-MIT-License/
Could anybody please give me some pointers or references (pun intended) on how to remove loopholes, improve formatting and grammar, etc?
Thanks,
ndrewxie
Last edited on Oct 22, 2017 at 7:53pm
Oct 22, 2017 at 10:02pm
The content of this post is not legal advice.
The license has very little in common with the MIT license. In text structure it's closer to the BSD license, to boot. Calling it "Neo-MIT" makes as much sense as writing an EULA and calling it GPL 4.0.
Conditions 1, 2, 3, and 4 are basically equivalent to CC BY-NC-SA.
The exception on condition 3 is redundant. An author is always able to make one-off licenses for individual prospective licensees.
Condition 4 is probably redundant. Condition 1 already requires that derivative works include the license, which by my interpretation means that derivative works must be licensed under the same license.
Finally, I don't really see the point of condition 5. Let's say that A licenses C to B, and B does use C to break the law, and this fact comes to light. Now C goes to jail, or pays a fine, whatever. What's A going to do? Sue C? What would be the point of that?
The license has very little in common with the MIT license. In text structure it's closer to the BSD license, to boot. Calling it "Neo-MIT" makes as much sense as writing an EULA and calling it GPL 4.0.
Conditions 1, 2, 3, and 4 are basically equivalent to CC BY-NC-SA.
The exception on condition 3 is redundant. An author is always able to make one-off licenses for individual prospective licensees.
Condition 4 is probably redundant. Condition 1 already requires that derivative works include the license, which by my interpretation means that derivative works must be licensed under the same license.
Finally, I don't really see the point of condition 5. Let's say that A licenses C to B, and B does use C to break the law, and this fact comes to light. Now C goes to jail, or pays a fine, whatever. What's A going to do? Sue C? What would be the point of that?
Nov 1, 2017 at 9:17am
I have the same question as the thread owner had. Anyone can help?
Nov 19, 2017 at 4:05pmclosed account (E0p9LyTq)
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| Could anybody please give me some pointers or references (pun intended) on how to remove loopholes, improve formatting and grammar, etc? |
Hire a lawyer or team of lawyers.
A license is a legal contract/document.
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