----- Original Message ----- > From: "MZMcBride" <[email protected]>
> The Open Source Initiative doesn't seem to really like the idea: > <http://opensource.org/faq#cc-zero>. > > A number of former and current contributors (notably Lee Daniel Crocker) > have released their creative works and inventions into the public domain: > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Lee_Daniel_Crocker>. > > I've always found CC-Zero and its surrounding arguments to be pretty > stupid. I release most of the code I write into the public domain > (though most of it lacks sufficient creativity in any case). My understanding is that CC-Zero exists *because "the public domain" does not exist in the IP law of many countries*. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
