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HavenTree and EasyFlow is mostly remembered today for its counter-cultural [[disclaimer]] and end-user license agreement. Both are written in [[plain English]] and not in [[legalese]], enabling end users to understand better the terms of these legal agreements, and emphasizing the problems with modern [[Software license|software licensing]]. Excerpts from the license and disclaimer are included into the [[Fortune (Unix)|fortune]] databases of many [[Linux]] and [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] distributions.
===Text of software license===
{{quotation|This is where the bloodthirsty licensing agreement is supposed to go,▼
▲This is where the bloodthirsty licensing agreement is supposed to go,
explaining that Interactive Easyflow is a copyrighted package licensed for
use by a single person, and sternly warning you not to pirate copies of it
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around pirating copies of software you probably aren't going to pay much
attention to a license agreement, bloodthirsty or not. Just keep your doors
locked and look out for the HavenTree attack shark.}}
===Text of disclaimer===
{{quotation|We don't claim Interactive EasyFlow is good for anything -- if you▼
▲We don't claim Interactive EasyFlow is good for anything -- if you
think it is, great, but it's up to you to decide. If Interactive EasyFlow
doesn't work: tough. If you lose a million because Interactive EasyFlow
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We didn't really want to include any disclaimer at all, but our
lawyers insisted. We tried to ignore them but they threatened us with the
attack shark at which point we relented.}}
==External links==
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