OpenEuphoria

Re: Open Euphoria Licence

• Posted by Ray Smith <ray at RaymondSmith.com> Sep 27, 2006
• 676 views

Chris Bensler wrote:
> Here's an excerpt from wikipedia:
> <a
> href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain#Disclaimer_of_interest">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain#Disclaimer_of_interest</a>
> 
> "Revocability where no consideration
> 
> A "bare license" unsupported by consideration is (theoretically) revocable at
> will. A license, generally in the law, is permission to do something that
> would
> ordinarily be a trespass. For example, when a friend is invited to a home for
> coffee, the friend has a license to remain in the house. The friend can be
> kicked
> out of the house at any time. However, if the friend has paid money and signed
> a contract to live in the house for a month, he has the right to stay."

Nice link,

After reading that it seems releasing software into the Public Domain isn't 
as clear cut as it "may" seem.

It seems unclear even as to how to enter software into the Public Domain!!!

There are many other licenses (BSD, Apache, X11 etc) which would seem to give
unrestricted use, but not the legal ambiguity of the Public Domain.

Regards,

Ray Smith
http://RaymondSmith.com