Re:Why your next project should be public domain
by lmm on Thursday July 11, 2013 @09:38AM
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So what did you intend to do? If you're trying to make it as easy as possible for other people to use your code? CC0 (or, from a practical point of view of your audience being likely to know what the license means, 2-term BSD-style, Apache or MIT) does that better than your public domain declaration. If you're trying to make a political point, it would be more effective to make an explicit statement to that effect - if people just see a public domain declaration they're unlikely to even consider the idea that you meant to convey something political by this.
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Re:Why your next project should be public domain
by gw on Thursday July 11, 2013 @10:09AM
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No, my intention is not to make it as easy as possible for someone to legally use my code. I definitely consider it a matter of principle, and I think it's a shame when programmers choose a permissive license instead, purely out of expedience. I do not agree that the merits of a principled act depends on how effectively it is conveyed to others.