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Beerware License
SPDX ID: BeerwareAdded 2026-04-19
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👤 Third-Party Submitter🗓️ First Submitted: 2008-01-11📅 13 days💬 27 Events
Latest event👤 Alexander Terekhov📅 2008-01-24Discuss
Argues that the Artistic License is a public contract of adhesion offered to millions without negotiation, so courts should construe it against the drafter, and criticizes open source license drafters for making murky contracts and outrageous construction claims.Full Text
"THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return Poul-Henning Kamp