CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Brett Smith <brett> 11/04/01 21:03:06
Modified files:
licenses : license-list.html
Log message:
Add CC0, Unlicense; make Public Domain recommendation. Approved by RMS.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.282&r2=1.283
Patches:
Index: license-list.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.282
retrieving revision 1.283
diff -u -b -r1.282 -r1.283
--- license-list.html 28 Mar 2011 18:57:25 -0000 1.282
+++ license-list.html 1 Apr 2011 21:02:14 -0000 1.283
@@ -248,6 +248,18 @@
</p>
</dd>
+<dt><a id="CC0"
+href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode";>CC0</a></dt>
+
+<dd><p>CC0 is a public domain dedication from Creative Commons. A
+work released under CC0 is dedicated to the public domain to the
+fullest extent permitted by law. If that is not possible for any
+reason, CC0 also provides a simple permissive license as a fallback.
+Both public domain works and the simple license provided by CC0 are
+compatible with the GNU GPL.</p>
+
+<p>If you want to release your work to the public domain, we recommend
+you use CC0.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="CeCILL" href="http://www.cecill.info/licences.en.html";>
CeCILL version 2</a></dt>
@@ -466,7 +478,16 @@
speaking, though, if a work is in the public domain, it might as well
have an all-permissive non-copyleft free software license. Public
domain material is compatible with the GNU GPL.
-</p></dd>
+</p>
+
+<p>If you want to release your work to the public domain, we encourage
+you to use formal tools to do so. We ask people who make small
+contributions to GNU to sign a disclaimer form; that's one solution.
+If you're working on a project that doesn't have formal contribution
+policies like that, <a href="#CC0">CC0</a> is a good tool that anyone
+can use. It formally dedicates your work to the public domain, and
+provides a fallback license for cases where that is not legally
+possible.</p></dd>
<dt><a id="Python" href="http://www.python.org/2.0.1/license.html";>
License of Python 2.0.1, 2.1.1, and newer versions</a></dt>
@@ -550,6 +571,20 @@
</dd>
+<dt><a id="Unlicense" href="http://unlicense.org/";>The Unlicense</a></dt>
+
+<dd><p>The Unlicense is a public domain dedication. A work released
+under the Unlicense is dedicated to the public domain to the fullest
+extent permitted by law, and also comes with an additional simple
+license that helps cover any cases where the dedication is inadequate.
+Both public domain works and the simple license provided by the
+Unlicense are compatible with the GNU GPL.</p>
+
+<p>If you want to release your work to the public domain, we recommend
+you use <a href="#CC0">CC0</a>. CC0 also provides a public domain
+dedication with a fallback license, and is more thorough and
+mature than the Unlicense.</p></dd>
+
<dt><a id="Vim" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/vim-license.txt";>
License of Vim, Version 6.1 or later</a></dt>
<dd>
@@ -1807,7 +1842,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
- $Date: 2011/03/28 18:57:25 $
+ $Date: 2011/04/01 21:02:14 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
