1. public domain vs simple permissive license
public domain:
http://zooko.com/license_quick_ref.html
[quote]
it is not possible to voluntarily place your software into the public domain
under United States law. The legal experts who wrote those messages say that the
common belief that one can put one's work into the public domain simply by
writing "This work is hereby placed in the public domain.", it a myth. They
assert that this does not have the intended legal effect. For example, it might
later be possible for you to assert your ownership over the code and forbid
others to use it. Also, it might be possible for a user to sue you as the author
of the code if they are harmed by using the code..
[/quote]
I heard a rumor that everything is automatically copyrighted (except government
stuff) and can't easily be uncopyrighted.
simple permissive license:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/info/SimplePermissive.html
Which is better?
2. Re: public domain vs simple permissive license
> I heard a rumor that everything is automatically copyrighted (except gove=
rnment stuff) and can't easily be uncopyrighted.
Not true, read this: http://www.piercelaw.edu/tfield/copynet.htm
~Greg
