Blowfish Standards Group                                           F. Kohl
Request for Comments: 0815                                         BSG
Category: License                                                  Jul 2000


                      Request for Comment 0815
                      

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RFC         Author      Date        Title
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0815        Kohl        Jul 00      Working title: JPL

0815        Floyd       Jul 00      Working title: JPL



The idea of the JERK PUBLIC LICENSE, from hereon referred to as 'JPL' is that
all content, code or knowledge distributed under the JPL is to be treated as 
follows.

The main statement of the license is:

	IF YOU THINK I'M A JERK YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE THIS FREELY
	
The first part of this license model "IF YOU THINK..." is addressed to the person 
reading, using or in any other way consuming the medium that underlies the JPL.
The use of the verb "think" in this context means, that the reader is free to 
decide.

The second part "...I'M A JERK..." referrs to the author. The noun Jerk that is 
used in this part stands for "a stupid man who does not care about the effects 
of his actions" (description is taken from the 1995 dictionary of contemporary
English, Langenscheidt-Longman).

The third part "...YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE THIS FREELY" where "this" stands for the 
piece of work the license is referring to, emphasizes that the distribution or 
reuse of the work being referred to is of no restriction should the first part of
the license model be true. 

Grasping the meaning of all parts of this license model, we come to the following 
meaning:

In the case the reader feels, that the author is a person not capable of thinking
of the effects his actions invoke, he (the reader) may, without any restrictions 
whatsoever reuse or distribute the work of the author.

This license model shall not be confused with the model referred to as "Copyleft",
which is described elsewhere.


Germany, 15 Jul 200
for the BSG (Blowfish Standards Group)
Florian Kohl
floh@revista.de