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Aye, I guess you two should really have a beer once ;-) There's a strange tendency between both of you to misunderstand each others deeper intentions, I think... verbosity interpreted as distraction, humour interpreted as indecency, brevity as being harsh, concern as insistence...
Back to the (intermediate) topic: I do share your attitude towards licences for "short snippets", geekmaster. However, in my country there is neither a "fair use" exemption, nor is there the possibility of giving to the "Public Domain", mainly due to the missing possibility to deny all warranty (you cannot opt out for being responsible up to the same point as you can in anglo-american law). So: some of us are unfortunately burdened with having to be a lot more concerned about legal stuff.
As an aside note: You might have noticed that I'm always mentioning the licence prominently. That's not because I'm a GPL zealot. Not the least, in fact, I much more like the PD! But in my legal environment, those things are unfortunately mandatory. Well, yes, and then I am still a law student (besides working in a library), so that may also contribute to be extra careful here ;-)
I really hope that my diplomatic interventions are not annoying. Please tell me if they are.
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