Re:Explore Flask is now in the public domain
by chimeracoder on Monday June 09, 2014 @12:47PM
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Please use CC0[0], not "public domain".
Several countries (esp. in Europe) do not recognize the concept of the public domain (and/or limit an individual's right to place their content in the public domain "prematurely")[1]. In these countries, declaring your code to be in the public domain does nothing, whereas using a CC0 license is a more legally defensible way of achieving the same goal (allowing others to use your work freely without fear that you could later revoke that right).
Several countries (esp. in Europe) do not recognize the concept of the public domain (and/or limit an individual's right to place their content in the public domain "prematurely")[1]. In these countries, declaring your code to be in the public domain does nothing, whereas using a CC0 license is a more legally defensible way of achieving the same goal (allowing others to use your work freely without fear that you could later revoke that right).
[0] https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain#Dedicating_works...