A New Compact

Learning about a new license

Liam Proven brought the Baba Yaga license to my attention via Mastodon.

(The field of endeavor and non-commercial restrictions alas will prevent this brilliant piece of work from being widely adopted, which is a shame.)

In an thread with Alan Cox, he and I came up with two additional stanzas to incorporate attribution and warranty exclusions.

While I am unsure whether the original license's preamble allows mere mortals to iterate upon it, nevertheless, here is my second edition with some tweaks.

I am very sorely tempted indeed to adopt it as the license for this website.

The new compact

Preamble

By ancient rites, this work is bound,
No mortal hand may twist it 'round.

Terms of Use

Permission granted: to mend and make,
To copy, share, for spirit's sake.
Yet mark: no coin, no profit gained,
Shall taint this magic, unrestrained.
Removed not shall all names be,
as thou pass it onwards free.

Disclaimer

Provided "as is," without a truth,
No crone will blame, if ill, forsooth.
This work is dire and scribed for fun,
Of warranties thus I grant you none.

Enforcement

The pact by moonlight, strongly spun,
Binds souls if greed hath now been won.

Cost

The threads are spun, the spell complete,
No greed, lest curses, you shall meet.