Since I don't have a degree in Law I tend to hit "agree" under the kilometric blurbs that come bundled with software, without really understanding what they mean. Even the simplest an clearest license, which for me is the MIT, took me a while to understand fully: it's true that English is not my native tongue, but why should such complicated terminology be used? Can't we express the same, common meaning with more ease?
This is frustrating.
Finally, I came across the SUSHI-WARE license, itself an alcohol-free spin of the BEER-WARE license: I was struck by the purpose of the license, but... sushi? Beer? Don't get me wrong, I really like Japanese food (I'd rather have udon or tofu though) and I love beer, but while studying or writing software I absolutely need Energy Drink, something more "powerful" than simple coffee, btw check COFFE-WARE.
So, under these terms and conditions, the Energy Drink license was born.
Please remind to read the Notice section below.
The process is easy as usual: copy the LICENSE file into your project's root folder, add your copyright notice and push.
Following MakeNowJust's footsteps I also created this nice badge (a truly fascinating process...) you can include in your documentation or README.md, by copying the line below:
[](https://github.com/dlcgold/energy_drink-license)If you do apply, please sign the guestbook!
If you find a typo or you're keen to translate this to another language, please feel free to open an issue or send a pull request.
This license is as serious as Mr. Stone is (and he's got some serious firepower, trust me).
Jokes aside. If you'd like to license your project under the Energy Drink license, go ahead: just be advised that it's not a certified OSI or FSF license. I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think this is suited for large projects, at least not alone: for maximum coverage you can marry this to another (still human readable, but more official) license like the MIT.
Copyright © 2018, Davide Cozzi [@dlcgold]
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