On Sat, Apr 14, 2012, at 12:24 PM, Charles Plessy wrote: > I would rather suggest a license more in line with public domain > works, such as Creative Commons zero license, the SQLite public > domain dedication, or the GNU all-permissive license.
For software works, I don't think this group should be recommending public domain. The SQLite dedication lacks a fallback license, the CC0 license explicitly withholds a patent license, and the unlicense has not had legal review. The GNU all-permissive license doesn't include the word "use", which is an implicit patent grant. When a recommendation from this group is possible for a permissive work, I'd propose Apache 2.0 and Expat/MIT style license if at all possible since it protects both the one dedicating the work and also those who would incorporate the work in larger compositions. I'm not a Lawyer, This is not Legal Advice. Best, Clark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1334414385.28272.140661062351373.743ee...@webmail.messagingengine.com