Sheep Is Free (SIF) License Version 1.0

June 2005 Copyright (C) No such thing. Sofia, Bulgaria

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies

of this license document, and changing it anyway necessary is so allowed.

Preamble

Once there was a little prince. He came to a man, who happened to be an artist. And as he had also been crashed in the desert with his airplane, he obviously had a lot of free time. Aside from sweating and cursing the sun, that is. So, the little prince asked the man to draw a sheep for him. Kind of strange thing to ask. Yet having so much spare time, the man granted his wish and drew the little prince a sheep. And the little prince was happy and went on with his wonderings. What seems strange in this story?The little prince did not pay for the sheep. It was given to him for free.What do you suppose would have happened if the little prince had landed at, for instance, Adobe Corporation? Ha.

What I mean is: Giving away sheep for free is everyone’s personal right. It might be even better than charging for your sheep.Of course, the bankers and the managers will scream out-loud just now:” And what, excuse me, Mr. Free-World-Hippy will you eat if you dispose of all of your creations for free?” Now, ain’t that funny. Where did I put “all”?

You will charge for your sheep. Of course. But once in a while, according to this License agreement you have the right to give away a sheep for free. And that is what this License stands for. 

Sheep Is Free License

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

You may copy and distribute copies of the sheep you created. Of course, sheep is just a term here. You may create anything you want. It doesn’t have to be a sheep. You may charge a fee for anything you have created. You may modify the sheep or whatever it is someone else has created, of course, if that someone has licensed his work under the conditions of this License agreement, or if you believe he would have done it if he had known about it. 

NO WARRANTY

By following the practices described in this License agreement you may fall either under the pressure of the Law, or into deep poverty. You may also find a prince/princess. Anything can happen.

How to apply this License agreement

If you create a sheep, a poem, a space shuttle, whatever, you can either charge someone for it, or you can give it away for free if there is someone to give it to.

That’s just about all.

Konstantin Minov

01.06.2005,

Sofia, 

‘SIF License Agreement’