Right now, we only host those programs licensed under the licenses listed on the site. There are other sites that host pd programs. If indeed google came to your house, forced you to use another license, then maybe your comment would make sense.
Chris On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Keanen <[email protected]> wrote: > I know how public domain works, I recognize that a lot of countries > don't support it, and I absolutely hold all rights to my software. The > problem with permissive licensing is that the license must be > distributed along with the software, which, unless it is only one line > of text, provides too many legal complications. I am confident with > crediting myself as the original creator and providing a disclaimer. I > don't believe in restricting other people's rights. > > If someone were to, hypothetically, place their project in the public > domain when they didn't hold all of the rights to it, Google would not > have to assume liability. It would be that person's fault. I wouldn't > call it "facilitation" to license anything under the public domain > blanket, it would just be a lack of restriction thereof. As I'm sure, > Google is all for freedom of information, or am I wrong? > > -Keanen > > On Aug 22, 6:21 am, Augie Fackler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fromhttp://code.google.com/p/support/wiki/FAQ#Hosted_Tools: > > """ > > The concept of "public domain" is actually a lot more complicated than > > most people realize. Holding copyright and using a (permissive) > > licence is almost always the right choice. In general, we do not offer > > to host projects with source code in the public domain. However, if > > you can only release your code as public domain, and you are sure that > > you can legally do so, please enter an issue for us to review your > > request and create the project for you. > > """ > > > > If you look around in OSI licensing discussion archives, they strongly > > discourage use of public domain in lieu of a real license, with some > > legal justification. > > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Keanen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I brought it up as an issue in support, but it was marked as "invalid" > > > because I was told that it was on a case-by-case basis. > > > > > Now, I have a serious problem with that. The public domain is a great > > > licensing solution, and it shouldn't require any kind of approval. > > > Especially from Google, one of the largest software developers in the > > > world. > > > > > So, at the very least, I am requesting public domain for my old > > > AltAuto project (altauto.googlecode.com), but really, I would like to > > > make a difference in the Google Code licensing system. I think public > > > domain is a viable option. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-code-hosting%[email protected]> > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-code-hosting%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en. > > -- Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc. Google's Open Source and Developer programs can be found at http://code.google.com Personal Site and Weblog: http://dibona.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Hosting on Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en.
