Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:32:45 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: public domain vs. copyright, license, disclaimer Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0106201224540.18472-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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I am interested in hearing opinions, ideas and references on why using a BSD-type license is better (or not better) than simply releasing code as "public domain". Any real-life examples on why one is better than the other? Only things I can think of are: The author being punished due to some problems (but I don't think disclaimers really hold any legal value). Any known examples? Uncopyrighted code being later copyrighted by someone else. Any known examples? Jeremy C. Reed http://www.reedmedia.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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