Give me a break

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Don" <nospam at nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:h2f2pq$64q$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Tom S wrote:
>> Don wrote:
>>>
>>> AFL v3.0 Section 9.
>>> If You distribute or communicate copies of the Original Work or a 
>>> Derivative Work, You must make a reasonable effort under the 
>>> circumstances to obtain the express assent of recipients to the terms of 
>>> this License.
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Richard Stallman's comment on this was:
>>> [ snip ]
>>> ----
>>
>> Thanks for explaining this! I was not aware of this clause. The 
>> wiki/License page for Tango puts AFL 3.0 in a much better light... I'll 
>> see what folks have to say on IRC :)
>
> Those long licenses really scare me, I'm never sure what they actually 
> mean.
>

That's something I've always considered a big problem. And one of the main 
reasons I'm a huge fan of the zlib/libpng license.