* Jarkko Hietaniemi <j...@iki.fi> [2009-11-03T14:12:00] > > If your need is to list the licenses a package contains, in a way there is > no need to list the "public domain" bits because there are no strings, err, > licenses attached. It is in the public domain. >
I think that's the best "against" I have read. The reason to list licenses is to make it easy to see the terms under which the product can be used. Since an included copy of the Magna Carta introduces no terms of use, it is zero-effect and can be omitted. -- rjbs