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>Being a dick includes - but is not limited to - the following instances:

That "is not limited too" sounds scary. I would hesitate to use software under that license. So I guess that is the big difference between the licenses: One allows you to do pretty much whatever you want. The other allows you to be sued for pretty much whatever the author wants.

This one does so too, just less explicitly. It ends with "don't be a jerk", and the rest of it contains examples of things that would make you a jerk, but there's nothing that says those are the only ways to be a jerk.

My IANAL interpretation is that the "don't be a jerk" is not intended to be a clause of the contract.

A few things point to this interpretation.

* All other clauses clauses start with >

* It is followed by "enjoy your free software", which is clearly not intended to be mandatory

* Your interpretation is contradicted by the two instances of "You don't have to, but not doing so would make you a jerk." Those instances are examples of thing that do make you a jerk but are nevertheless allowed.

I don't recall anyone saying it was original, but I'll be damned if this one isn't better.

Panache!

And MIT to be honest.