11 Jan
2010
11 Jan
'10
3:08 p.m.
Sebastian Fischer wrote:
What reasons do people have to use a BSD license over a Public Domain license, for example with the license text from: http://www.lemur.com/pd-disclaimers.html ? Is the only difference that, with a BSD license, the copyright notice must be maintained?
One important reason is that "public domain" does not exist (or is not the same) in all countries, which can make international sharing a hassle. If you feel the BSD3 is too restrictive, another alternative is the WTFPL[1][2] which provides a formal contract of, essentially, public domain privileges (and is GPL-compatible). [1] http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL -- Live well, ~wren