Re: notices for CC0

[John Darrington]

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 05:18:13PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
     On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 01:53:27PM +0200, John Darrington wrote:
     > 
     > I don't think GNU programs should have any non-trivial files CC0.  
     
     I think that some files can justifiably be non-trivial and CC0/public
     domain, notably
     * code examples
     * code that is used as a kind of customization but use API and a
       language
     
     Therefore, I think that, even though it should be very rare, it probably
     would help to have directions for such cases.
     
     An example, in texinfo, the file tp/init/book.pm, very simple but not
     exactly trivial, has this header:
     
     # This file is in the public domain. Thus it may easily be used as an 
     # example for further customizations.
     
     If it is better to use CC0, this could be used instead for that file.
     
I agree that GPL or any copyleft licence is somewhat too much for the
examples that you mention.

However I think that a simple permissive license is better than attempting to
put it in the public domain - if for no other reason, as previously mentioned,
it is unclear whether "placing  a work in the public domain" has any legal 
effect in many juristictions.

J'

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