> -----Original Message----- > From: Sebastian Crane <seabass-lab...@gmx.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 3:06 PM > To: Spdx-legal@lists.spdx.org; 'Warner Losh' <i...@bsdimp.com>; McCoy > Smith <mc...@lexpan.law> > Subject: Re: public domain dedications proliferation > > It's interesting that you mention CC0, as it has recently been decided that > CC0 > is no longer suitable for Fedora code packages due to its explicit non-grant > of > patent licences. I imagine other distributions will follow suit eventually, > which > might potentially leave a gap: for something as permissive as 0BSD but as > rigorous (regarding interpretation and patent licences) as the GPL. > I think it'd be better to have a CC0+Patent. I've raised that concept with them a couple of times, but they were too busy or didn't have the internal consensus to do something like that, although I tried again recently with their new General Counsel so there may be again hope they'd pick it up.
As highly as I think of myself (as perhaps you Sebastian do of yourself), I kind of feel like if it's just two people on the internet putting something together it might not have as much traction as if a well-respected copyright freedom-respecting non-profit did it instead. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3219): https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/message/3219 Mute This Topic: https://lists.spdx.org/mt/93048752/21656 Group Owner: spdx-legal+ow...@lists.spdx.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
