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Re:OccupySaaS by snvzz on Monday November 02, 2026 @09:40AM (#50337455)
AIUI there's no "public domain license". Permissive licenses like MIT are as close as it gets.

And the disclaimer of liability is kind of important.

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Re:OccupySaaS by electroly on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:09PM (#50339992)
"Zero-Clause BSD" is a bit closer to public domain than MIT if you want that. It's essentially only the disclaimer of liability. It omits the requirement to include any notices with the software.

https://opensource.org/license/0bsd

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Re:OccupySaaS by snvzz on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @12:36AM (#50348481)
I like 0BSD, except the name.

The proliferation of BSD licenses dilutes the meaning of "bsd license". There's only one MIT license, so there's no confusion.

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