“agree to hold the Author free from shame, embarrassment, or ridicule for any hacks, kludges, or leaps of faith found within the Program.” While the CRAPL may not be the most legally rigorous licensing agreement, it speaks to the problems faced by authors of academic code: writing software for public use takes a great deal more work than writing code for personal use, including documentation, testing, and cleanup of accumulated cruft from many nights of hacking.
