Re: ii package license

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On 02/03/2012 06:02 AM, Josh Boyer wrote:
> 
> It's not clearly marked.  Clearly marked would be "This code is
> Public Domain" or simply "Public Domain".  The author is not
> relinquishing copyright with the terse statement, they are just
> saying you can do whatever you want with the code.  It's a subtle
> difference IMHO.

Only because it's interesting to ponder, I wonder if the Tristan is
accurate that the code can be (re-)licensed on the copyright holders'
behalf based on the License: statement? That was my first thought, and
second was to use a permissive license (BSD, MIT, AL, etc.) to
preserve the apparent intent of the original author/copyright holder.
</ponder>

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