www/licenses license-list.html

[Ineiev]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Ineiev <ineiev> 19/05/24 03:54:27

Modified files:
        licenses       : license-list.html 

Log message:
        (PPL3a): New entry, (CC0): Update. RT #1386662

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.509&r2=1.510

Patches:
Index: license-list.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.509
retrieving revision 1.510
diff -u -b -r1.509 -r1.510
--- license-list.html   18 Apr 2019 19:12:00 -0000      1.509
+++ license-list.html   24 May 2019 07:54:27 -0000      1.510
@@ -435,8 +435,15 @@
 Both public domain works and the lax license provided by CC0 are
 compatible with the GNU GPL.</p>
 
-<p>If you want to release your work to the public domain, we recommend
-you use CC0.</p></dd>
+<p>If you want to release your non-software work to the public domain, we
+recommend you use CC0.  For works of software it is not recommended, as
+CC0 has a term expressly stating it does not grant you any patent licenses.</p>
+
+<p>Because of this lack of patent grant, we encourage you to be careful
+about using software under this license; you should first consider
+whether the licensor might want to sue you for patent infringement.  If
+the developer is refusing users patent licenses, the program is in
+effect a trap for users and users should avoid the program.</p></dd>
 
 
 <dt><a id="CeCILL" href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:CeCILLv2";>
@@ -1562,6 +1569,14 @@
 However, there is no reason not to use OpenSSL and applications that
 work with OpenSSL.</p></dd>
 
+<dt><a id="PPL3a" href="//directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:PPL3a">
+    Personal Public License Version 3a</a>
+    <span class="anchor-reference-id">
+       (<a href="#PPL3a">#PPL3a</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>The Personal Public License Version 3a is a nonfree license because it
+denies some users (organizations, governments, businesses) the four
+freedoms.</p></dd>
 
 <dt><a id="Phorum" href="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Phorum2.0";>
     Phorum License, Version 2.0</a>
@@ -2787,7 +2802,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/04/18 19:12:00 $
+$Date: 2019/05/24 07:54:27 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>