On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 07:03:37AM -0700, Cœur wrote: > On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 09:01 PM, Leif Lindholm wrote: > > > > > Urgh, don't make me elaborate on the implications of public domain > > versus copyright... If you're interested, have a look at > > https://wiki.spdx.org/view/Legal_Team/Decisions/Dealing_with_Public_Domain_within_SPDX_Files > > > > This link says: > > > Some commonly used “Public Domain dedications” have already been included > > in the SPDX License List (e.g., ANTLR, Sax, CC-0). > > And CC-0 was what I was proposing; I'm aware of the difference with > American Public Domain, as, for the record, I'm an elected Wikipedia > Administrator, so I've also had my share of licensing questions.
That is a very fair point, but see also: 3. The rules around “Public Domain” often vary or are unspecified jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Adding to the confusion, some jurisdictions may not even recognize the concept of “Public Domain” (or similar). As such, a license may nevertheless be required or implied in these cases. We already have *some* public domain code in the tree, and are trying to figure out what to do about that. Basically, we are quite heavily dependent on corporate contributors, and we need to keep things simple for them (and their legal departments). > Anyway, BSD+Patent is really fine by me. Thanks! Best Regards, Leif -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43276): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/43276 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32238806/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-