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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:32:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>
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Subject: public domain vs. copyright, license, disclaimer
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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
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