On 11/17/2009 02:01 PM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
"TC" == Tom "spot" Callaway tcallawa@redhat.com writes:
TC> It probably merits a separate entry, because it is a rather thorough TC> public domain declaration.
Does this have any of the issues that public domain has with respect to people who live in countries where they cannot disclaim all of their rights? It looks like it doesn't with the "to the extent allowable by law" clause. If that's the case, should we recommend that folks use CC0 instead of simple public domain declarations when there have been issues with the latter? I know in the past folks have suggested "something like the WTFPL" for French citizens who wished to release code to the public domain but could not.
I'd still recommend that folks looking to to Public Domain declarations consider using a permissive license like MIT instead of abandoning their copyright entirely, but CC0 is significantly better than other public domain declarations.
~spot