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I have found this list of FOSS licenses. Is there anything similar for non-free/non-open source boilerplate?

Barring that, does anyone known of a commercial software library distributed with a license (that I can "borrow") that fits these requirements:

  • I retain all rights to software (i.e., it is not freeware or open source).
  • The dll can be redistributed any number of times.
  • Don’t sue me if it works wrong.
  • Anything else we might need.

My motivation is that I have a small library I am working on that my company is thinking might be worth selling. I'd rather just slap on some boilerplate than have to drag in a lawyer.

<soapbox> Personally I feel that anytime a company licenses software under anything but a boilerplate license, someone is being cheated. If the company is not cheating the customer, then their lawyer is cheating them. I mean come on, there isn't that many different way to set up a honest license! </soapbox>

A: 

Something like this will do (replace boilerplate year, copyright holder, organisation):

Copyright (c) year, copyright holder
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in binary form, without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
2. Neither the name of the organization nor the
   names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
   derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY COPYRIGHT HOLDER ''AS IS'' AND ANY
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL  BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Dima