If you want to relinquish copyright claims and push work into the public domain, code or otherwise, CC0 is a much more rigorous means to do so. See http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ for detail. Intent is very similar to unlicense.
cheers Ben On Oct 8, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Doug Winter wrote: > > You can't just put stuff in the public domain unfortunately, it's all a very > grey area. > > Also this is very poorly drafted. > > If you put this statement in a file called UNLICENSE alongside your code then > it would be pretty much meaningless in most jurisdictions. > > Cheers, > > Doug. > > On 08/10/13 07:27, Jonathan Hartley wrote: >> I approve of the sentiment, but it seems to me that the unlicense is most >> definitely a LICENSE. Putting legal terms and conditions, or waiver of same, >> into a differently named file, seems a step too far. >> >> Nevertheless, sounds cool to me, I'll read up and consider using it. Thanks! >> >> >> >> On 06/10/13 22:45, Harry Percival wrote: >>> apologies for resurrecting a dead thread, but i came across this license >>> and was impressed: >>> >>> http://unlicense.org/ >>> >>> >>> On 12 September 2013 20:08, John Lee <j...@pobox.com> wrote: >>> On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Jonathan Hartley wrote: >>> [...] >>> >>> I've seen it done in a special "coding style test suite" (that gets run >>> along with all the other tests). Slightly nicer than a push hook IMO >>> because you see it earlier and because it works the same way as all your >>> other automated tests of your code. There was a bit of special code so >>> that you got one failure per coding style violation I think (including one >>> per missing copyright statement), but those are bonus points. >>> >>> Maybe somebody has written a test runner plugin that does that? My quick >>> searches didn't turn one up, though there is this, which could easily be >>> adapted (not a plugin, and looks like it wants to be) >>> >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12227443/is-there-a-plugin-for-pylint-and-pyflakes-for-nose-tests >>> >>> >>> John >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>> >>> >>> I don't think it should be a test runner plugin, so much as just a test. >>> Maybe a big common utility function (in a pypi package) which a tiny custom >>> test function can then call to parametrize it for your project. >>> >>> That works. The reason I suggested a plugin was so that plugin hooks can >>> give the coding style check function the modules (and scripts) on which to >>> operate. >>> >>> >>> >>> John >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------ >>> Harry J.W. Percival >>> ------------------------------ >>> Twitter: @hjwp >>> Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 >>> Skype: harry.percival >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> python-uk mailing list >>> python-uk@python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >> >> -- >> Jonathan Hartley tart...@tartley.com http://tartley.com >> Made of meat. +44 7737 062 225 twitter/skype: tartley >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > > -- > Telephone: +44 1904 567330, Mobile: +44 7879 423002 > Switchboard: +44 1904 567349, Fax: +44 20 79006980 > Post: Tower House, Fishergate, York, YO10 4UA, UK > > Registered in England. Company No 5171172. VAT GB843570325. > Registered Address: Tower House, Fishergate, York, YO10 4UA > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk -- Benjamin Fields Wandering Scholar e : m...@benfields.net m : +44 (0)796 106 1568 t : @alsothings w : http://benfields.net "Which is more musical: a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?" --John Cage -- As part of my participation in the Ride London 100 I’m raising money for the London Cycling Campaign. Please sponsor me at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/BenFields Thanks!
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