On 1/27/07, Charles D Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Philip Goetz wrote: > On 1/17/07, Charles D Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It's find to talk about making the data "public domain", but that's not >> a good idea. > > Why not? Because "public domain" offers NO protection. If you want something close to what public domain used to provide, then the MIT license is a good choice. If you make something public domain, you are opening yourself to abusive lawsuits. (Those are always a possibility, but a license that disclaims responsibility offers *some* protection.) Public domain used to be a good choice (for some purposes), before lawsuits became quite so pernicious.
This license chooser may help: http://creativecommons.org/license/ Perhaps MindPixel2 discussion deserves its own list at this stage? Listbox, Google and many others offer list services (Google Code also offers a wiki, source version management, and other features). David ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?list_id=303
