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The Rayservers license

Version 1.0
Ownership of the copy is hereby transferred, free of charge or further contractual obligation, to any individual or person obtaining a copy of the information or part thereof - for example text in any language, images, instructions, strategies, computer code and associated files (the "Information"), to  deal in the Information without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, create with, distribute, sub-license, and/or sell copies of the Information, and to permit individuals or persons to whom the Information is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
THE INFORMATION 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 NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR PUBLISHERS 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 INFORMATION OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE INFORMATION. FURTHER, BY PROCEEDING TO READ OR USE THE INFORMATION YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD THE AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS HARMLESS.

What this means

It means, very simply - if you are reading the information and it gets imprinted on your mind - that is your property. If you print it out - that piece of paper is your property. If you download code onto your computer - that is your property. Your stuff is your stuff. No one can tell you what to do with it. Nor can you hold anyone responsible for your stuff. Now that the stuff is your stuff, you cannot have anyone else be liable for it. By taking it and making it yours - you agree to hold those from whom you took it harmless. If you upload content to this site, its now our property do do what we see fit with it, just like above. Clear?

Where did it come from?

It was based on the MIT License. It goes further.
 
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Discussion on the GSC List

on Tue 02 of Feb., 2010 20:53 UTC, by Anonymous
On 1/28/10 10:03 AM, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
> > DGCMP wrote, On 01/28/2010 10:36 AM:
> >
>> >> Maybe the difference is the rayservers says the bits on your machine are
>> >> YOUR property, public domain in the url above says when you publish it
>> >> online it becomes Public property.
> >
> > Right, I like the clarity of the Rayservers license. It's all about
> > physics, arrangements of atoms and electrons.
> >
> > I publish my code on a server. The physical particles of that server
> > are now arranged in a different way. I have also physically configured
> > the server so that another individual somewhere in the universe can
> > observe its structure, up to a point.
> >
> > When the other individual observes the state of the server, he alters
> > the physical structure of a device that he owns, for example a digital
> > computer or his own brain.
> >
> > So, I have taken explicit action which enabled the other individual to
> > alter the physical state of a device in his possession in a certain way.
> > That device was his property before the alteration, and it remains his
> > property after the alteration. If I didn't want him to do that, I
> > should not have made it possible.
+1.
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