Are there any free licenses which fit this model?

Question

I've spent about a day looking through all of these confusing legal looking things, and I hate the obscure language that these lawyers use, frankly. This software is provided "as is". If you actually think about it, that makes no sense whatsoever. If the software is being provided, then it's obviously being provided in one state or another: most likely in the state it was distributed. ;)

Anyway: I'd like to know if any of those licenses out there cater for software that's free, but not necessarily open source. As in, You can use this thing free of charge, and do whatever you want with it, but no: no source.

If it helps, parts of the project are going to be open source, but the main thing, the 'core' should be closed source.

Answer 1

I don't think the DWTFYW license requires source code to be given out.

Answer 2

You can use this thing free of charge, and do whatever you want with it, but no: no source.

I think that was the original meaning of the term FreeWare

Answer 3

Well, you might want to talk to a lawyer but the "as is" means that it is not provided with the implication that it will support some scenario that it doesn't and therefore if it does not support such scenario then the issuer will correct it. This is where you also get into the whole "no warranty is expressed or implied" thing.