Hi, On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 19:30:19 +0100, Thijs Schreijer wrote: > Minor remark; you mention "While not a license, all files in this repository > have been placed in the public domain because the authors do not believe in > intellectual property.", and while that may be a true statement, in practice > it creates more problems than necessary. Just stamping it with MIT or > similar provides the least legal hassle for anyone who wants to use your > code.
Well, I know. I am looking for a solution or rather a compromise for this problem, because the notion of withdrawing the copyright to the files I myself orignially created is legally impossible in many parts of the world. (Essentially, at least in my understanding, this makes "copyright" a duty, not a right, because I'm not left the choice to opt-out of it, except by not creating. As silly as it sounds, I feel repressed by the idea of not being capable of granting my code as a gift to the public, no matter how questionable it's usefulness ;) On the other hand, I don't want the copyright. The plain idea that someone can have the copyright for some piece of data is - in my view - so fundamentally flawed that I would prefer not to use it. Personally, I abhor licenses (and much more, debates about them, because this email is already almost as long as the entire content of the distribution archive for lua-bencode). They are boilerplate that is copied around but rarely read or understood, and they get on my nerves by being mutually incompatible with every other version of every other license (GPL, I'm looking at you) which is a harmful thing for the advancement of the open source movement. (Note, I don't have anything against any particular license, neither GPLvX nor MIT, I hate them all equally :) Sorry about taking this too much into offtopic. Perhaps CC0 is a real alternative to the public domain, even though CC is mostly associated with arts rather than source code (although CC0 in particular is classified as suitable for source code). Unfortunately, I am not a lawyer, and I have no means to consult one. I'll see what license emerges in the future, but I'm certain it will not be more restrictive than 2-clause BSD. I hope you are not offended by this mail (don't take it (or me) seriously), I hear some people are very attached to licenses, and I welcome your input, although I'd be happier to see technical gripes instead, because those tend to be easier to fix, and I'm sure there are enough real issues to worry about, like the n+1 bugs I introduced while creating the distribution tarball ;) Hisham: Thanks for adding it to the repository! Best regards, Moritz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: DESIGN Expert tips on starting your parallel project right. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
