On 11/17/2009 02:01 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: >>>>>> "TC" == Tom \"spot\" Callaway <tcall...@redhat.com> writes: > > TC> It probably merits a separate entry, because it is a rather thorough > TC> public domain declaration. > > Does this have any of the issues that public domain has with respect to > people who live in countries where they cannot disclaim all of their > rights? It looks like it doesn't with the "to the extent allowable by > law" clause. If that's the case, should we recommend that folks use CC0 > instead of simple public domain declarations when there have been issues > with the latter? I know in the past folks have suggested "something > like the WTFPL" for French citizens who wished to release code to the > public domain but could not.
I'd still recommend that folks looking to to Public Domain declarations consider using a permissive license like MIT instead of abandoning their copyright entirely, but CC0 is significantly better than other public domain declarations. ~spot _______________________________________________ Fedora-legal-list mailing list Fedora-legal-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legal-list
