Forest, On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Forest Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 01:33:52PM -0400, Bradley Holt wrote: > > Besides, I'm not sure what rights one would get with public domain (let's > > assume US law) that they don't get with the New BSD License - can you > identify > > any? > > The right to redistribute possibly modified copies of the source code sans > any > attribution to the original author, warranty, or original copyright, of > course. > There are no restrictions on the public domain. The New BSD License does not require attribution in order to redistribute. Unless you count including the copyright notice and a copy of the license as attribution, but that's real stretch - this is a file that's buried in the source code, it's hardly "attribution". The license includes a disclaimer of warranty (I'm assuming that's what you meant by warranty) - I'm not sure how that limits anyone's rights, it only protects the copyright holder from liability (unless you're referring to the right to sue the original author). With all the rights the New BSD License gives - the fact that the software is copyrighted becomes practically meaningless unless you're strictly anti-copyright (in which case I'd think you'd favor the copyleft GPL). Can you identify a more tangible right that one gets under public domain that one does not get under the New BSD License? Thanks, Bradley > > > -Forest > -- > Forest Bond > http://www.alittletooquiet.net > http://www.pytagsfs.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFI/hk8RO4fQQdv5AwRAizqAKC0BpS4SFV8prIAqQ5EGcJfWfcIVQCggA7e > PvaNI0ohikg+D6fxYu5YirQ= > =OS12 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/
