From: Alexander S. <ash...@gm...> - 2010-06-29 19:19:10
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:16:54 -0400 Earnie wrote: > Alexander Shaduri wrote: > > > > The most free (while remaining legal) license I'm aware of is Unlicense: > > http://unlicense.org/ > > > > Except for the clarifying lines, how is this different from Public > Domain? In fact the license begins: > > "This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain." The difference is that, as far as I understand, in jurisdictions where Public Domain is not recognized, this license provides a fallback. Someone mentioned already that the unrecognized parts of the license get dropped in such cases. This means that you still have the "Anyone is free ..." part and the all-caps warranty disclaimer (I've read that it _must_ be all caps and worded that way). Plus, anything is better than files without copyright headers. Alexander |