On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:39:19 +0900 Paul Wise wrote: [...] > Since it is meant as a more universal public domain dedication, I'd > expect it would meet the DFSG. I read it through and I failed to spot any freeness issue. Hence, I think a work associated with the CC0 declaration/license complies with the DFSG, unless other issues (e.g.: patent- or trademark-related) affect the work itself. Usual disclaimers: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. > > Here is a copy/paste of the the legal code for CC0 1.0 Universal for > -legal regulars to dissect: > > http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode [...] A little comment: these "public domain declarations" are getting longer and longer, more and more complicated, less and less practical to adopt. I think that just adopting the Expat/MIT license (http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt) is a much simpler choice and achieves a very similar result, without most of the complications. Just my 2 ¢ -- New location for my website! Update your bookmarks! http://www.inventati.org/frx ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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