協定文本
保羅-恆寧·坎瀑的啤酒軟體協定十分簡潔，GPL被描述為一個“玩笑”。他的協定全文是：
/* * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): * <[email protected]> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you * can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think * this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return Poul-Henning Kamp * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
譯文：
/* * -------------------------------------------------------------- * “啤酒軟體協定”（第四十二版）： * <[email protected]>編寫了此檔案。只要你還保留本協定文本，你可以 * 以使用此軟體做任何事。如果我們在某一天相遇了，而且你認為此軟體 * 很有價值，你可以為我買一瓶啤酒來答謝保羅-恆寧·坎瀑。 * -------------------------------------------------------------- */
