On Dec 3, 2007 10:10 PM, Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 05:48:24AM +0530, Tom spot Callaway wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 16:19 -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 13:32 +0100, Matej Cepl wrote: > > > > Which was the reason I was shocked DJB released qmail under public domain > > > > and why I would always prefer at least MIT/X/BSD-no-appropriation/CC-au > > > > always. IIRC, sqlite is the only substantial software which is under > > > > public domain and there is a reason for that. > > > > > > IANAL, but doesn't this mean he's effectively released it under *every* > > > license ever written? :) Are we going to have GPL and BSD forks battling > > > it out now? > > > > Its possible, but Public Domain means something closer to "no license" > > than "every license". We could see forks battling it out, but somehow, I > > doubt this will happen. > > Right - really "no license". > > Public Domain means anyone is free to take it and use it however they > want - including pulling into another app and re-licensing it. > > One of the ways people can contribute to GNU projects is to explicitly > assign copyright of code to the FSF. The other way is to disclaim > your work into the public domain, at which point the GNU project > maintainer may pick it up and include it in a GNU-licensed > application. Changes to the code will carry the FSF copyright, and > the whole will carry the GNU license. (see > parted/libparted/labels/gpt.c for such an example if you're curious). > Oh dear god.. there is the nightmare of my tech support life.. gqmail.. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
