Re: Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) specification for Public Domain, Government Works? Possible New License/Exception Request

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Wheeler, David A wrote: > Gisi, Mark: >> The absence of Public Domain from the license list was not an oversight. A >> fair amount of discussion took place to decide how to handle a public domain >> designation. The current practice is to create

Re: Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) specification for Public Domain, Government Works? Possible New License/Exception Request

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 11:12 PM, Robinson, Norman wrote: [...] > While it could be argued UPL or public domain or CC0 1.0 > (creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (SPDX CC0-1.0) does that, I > believe citing the reasoning it is public domain, because it is a US >

RE: Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) specification for Public Domain, Government Works? Possible New License/Exception Request

Gisi, Mark: > The absence of Public Domain from the license list was not an oversight. A > fair amount of discussion took place to decide how to handle a public domain > designation. The current practice is to create a LicenseRef (a user defined > license reference that is local to an SPDX